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barbellate

[′bär·bə‚lāt]
(biology)
Having short, stiff, hooked bristles.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Cypselae truncate at the apex, glabrous to pubescent; pappus of scabrid, simple to barbellate, capillary bristles.
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)
Cypselae glabrous to villose; pappus of plumose to barbellate capillary bristles, widened at the apex.
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)
Cypselae rostrate, slightly constricted to attenuate at the apex, glabrous to pubescent; pappus of plumose, capillary bristles, occasionally barbellate to ciliate.
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)
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