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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, in a setaceous mariner; so as to form or possess setæ.

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  • The _leaf-blade_ is linear-lanceolate, setaceously-acuminate with a stout midrib prominent beneath, hispid or scabrid above, smooth or sometimes scaberulous and glaucous beneath, spinulosely scabrid at the margin, 5 to 24 inches by 1/4 to 1 inch.

    A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari

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