hispid

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈhɪspɪd/

Definition of hispid

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Covered in short, stiff hairs.
    “The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.”
    “An erect, branching, hispid or glabrate annual, 1 ft. high. Radical leaves petioled, crowded, spreading on the ground, hispid with white hairs, lobes toothed; cauline entire or pinnatifid.”
    “Larger and stouter, less than a foot high, much branched, roughish-hispid: nutlets dull, with rounded sides, no angles, and a large and deep areola or scar.”

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Etymology

From Latin hispidus (“rough, hairy, bristly”).

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