hispid
pronunciation
How to pronounce hispid in British English:
UK ['hɪspɪd]
How to pronounce hispid in American English:
US ['hɪspɪd]
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- Adjective:
- (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Young shoots sparsely hispid ; pedicels and calyx pubescent .
- 2. Stems below and petioles hispid .
- 3. Stems and petiole spreading hispid .
- 4. Stems and petioles of basal leaves spreading hispid .
- 5. Stem and petioles retrorsely hispid .