BARBELLATE Definition & Meaning

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barbellate

[bahr-buh-leyt, bahr-bel-it, -eyt]

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adjective

Botany, Zoology.

having short, stiff hairs.

barbellate

/ bɑːˈbɛlɪt, ˈbɑːbɪˌleɪt, -eɪt /

adjective

(of plants or plant organs) covered with barbs, hooks, or bristles
(of animals) possessing bristles or barbels

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of barbellate¹

1840–50; < New Latin barbell ( a ), diminutive of Latin barbula little beard ( barbule, -elle ) + -ate ¹

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of barbellate¹

C19: from New Latin ��ٳܲ� , from barbella short stiff hair, from Latin barbula a little beard, from barba beard

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Pappus plumose or only barbellate.

From

Characters as in Kuhnia; involucral scales more numerous, and the bristles of the pappus merely scabrous or at the most barbellate or subplumose; leaves often all opposite.

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Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.

From

Barbellate, said of the bristles of the pappus of some Composit� when beset with short, stiff hairs, longer than when denticulate, but shorter than when plumose.

From

barbell barbeque

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