briery
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 whiskers
• Syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, bristled, bristly,
bristly, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous,
spiny, thorny
• Similar to:
armed
• Derivationally related forms:
thorniness (for: thorny), thorn (for: thorny), spininess (for: spiny), seta (for: setaceous), prickle (for: prickly), prickliness (for: prickly), burr (for: burry), bristliness (for: bristly), bristle (for: bristly), briar (for: briary), barbel (for: barbellate)
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