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 Barbellate 
 adjective 1.Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..  Synonyms: barbed, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny.  "Bristly shrubs" , "Burred fruits" , "Setaceous whiskers"
 
 
 
 
 
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