What does hispid mean?
Hispid means (obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs..
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/ˈhɪspɪd/ · adjective
(obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs..
The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.
An erect, branching, hispid or glabrate annual, 1 ft. high. Radical leaves petioled, crowded, spreading on the ground, hispid with white hairs, lobes toothed; cauline entire or pinnatifid.
Larger and stouter, less than a foot high, much branched, roughish-hispid: nutlets dull, with rounded sides, no angles, and a large and deep areola or scar.
Use hispid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hispid means (obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs..
Common synonyms include bristly, hirsute, hairy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.
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