setose
Adjective Satellite
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Adj
- Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Adjective
- Covered with bristles or setae; bristly.
Examples
- The setose surface of the old Scrabble board made the tiles stick.
Origin / Etymology
Latin setosus, saetosus, from seta (“bristle”), saeta (“bristle”).
Synonyms
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, spiny, thorny
Scrabble Score: 6
setose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsetose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
setose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary