Local English word record

burred

adjective · 1 sense

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

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Examples

  • a horse with a short bristly mane
  • bristly shrubs
  • burred fruits
  • setaceous whiskers

Word relationships

Synonyms

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny

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Princeton WordNet 3.0