hispidulous

American  

[hi-spij-uh-luhs] / hɪˈspɪdʒ ə ləs /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. covered with stiff, short hairs.

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Etymology

Origin of hispidulous

First recorded in 1850–55; hispid + -ulous

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Example Sentences

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hispidulous

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

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

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

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

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