hispid

[ his-pid ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.

hispid

/ ˈhɪspɪd /

adjective

1. biology covered with stiff hairs or bristles

Derived Forms

• hisˈpidity, noun

Other Words From

• his·pidi·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hispid¹

1640–50; < Latin hispidus rough, shaggy; akin to hirsute

Word History and Origins

Origin of hispid¹

C17: from Latin hispidus bristly

Example Sentences

Leaves mostly entire and plants often rough-hispid; inflorescence commonly scorpioid.

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Calyx and peduncle more or less hispid with glanded hairs, somewhat viscose.

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Becoming plane, vermillion-red, externally paler, hispid towards the margin with straight black hairs.

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Nicotiana urens, or stinging tobacco: leaves cordate, crenate; racemes recurved; stem hispid, stinging.

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The leaf-sheaths are loose, hispid with tubercle-based hairs, or glabrous, with mouth contracted.

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