Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Barbellate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
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"
2
Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns
Example Sentences
"a horse with a short bristly mane"
adjective
"bristly shrubs"
adjective
"burred fruits"
adjective
"setaceous whiskers"
adjective