meaning of setaceous
1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.
2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.
3. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. ; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
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