setaceous

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The _leaf-blade_ is linear-lanceolate, rigid, erect, acuminate with a setaceous tip, nearly smooth, varying in length from 6 to 20 inches and in breadth from 1/6 to 2/3 inch.

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  1. adjective Having or consisting of bristles; bristly: a setaceous moth.
  2. adjective Resembling bristles or a bristle: setaceous whiskers.

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  1. set(a) + -aceous.

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  1. from New Latin setaceus, from Latin seta, sæta, a hair, bristle: see seta. Cf. searce.
 

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/səˈtæʃɪəs/
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