setaceous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
    barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; thorny; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
    • a horse with a short bristly mane
    • bristly shrubs
    • burred fruits
    • setaceous whiskers

WordNet

Se*ta"ceous adjective
Etymology
L. seta a bristle: cf. F. sétacé.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913