hispid
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of hispid
1640–50; < Latin hispidus rough, shaggy; akin to hirsute
Example Sentences
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The surface of the pileus is coarsely hairy or hispid, the surface becoming more rough with age.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
The first glume is chartaceous, laterally compressed, obscurely 4-nerved, glabrous below, hispid near the apex, minutely 2-toothed or not at the apex, not awned or rarely with a short awn.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Like other trees with hispid foliage, the juniper has the special attribute of detaining fugitives; but it sometimes shields them as well.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
Nutlets erect and straight, unarmed, attached to the axis either at inner edge of base or ventrally from the base upward.—Ours are very hispid annuals or biennials, with small white flowers in scorpioid spikes.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Calyx ovate, inflated, closed, with ten black hispid ribs, which branch near the top.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von
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