hispidulous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hispidulous
Example Sentences
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Leaves all nearly filiform and upper face hispidulous scabrous; inflorescence more paniculate; corolla small, the expanded limb only 6´´ in diameter.
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 Asa Gray
Commonly tall, 5–8° high; leaves more or less pubescent or hispidulous beneath.
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 Asa Gray
Low, with more rigid and hispidulous scabrous leaves.—In drier places, Ill., Wisc., and southwestward.
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 Asa Gray
Under surface of the whole frond hispidulous with minute, white hairs and stalked glands.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by George Henry Tilton
The second glume is linear, obtuse, coriaceous, dark-brown, hispidulous, 3-nerved with incurved margins.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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