Hispid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɪspɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hispid is an adjective meaning (obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs.
Meaning
(obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs.
Example Sentences
The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.
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.
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.
Synonyms for hispid
Depending on context, synonyms include bristly, hirsute, hairy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hirsute, hairy, hare, hispidated, hispidulous, setiferous.
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