hispid
[ his-pid ]
/ ˈhɪs pɪd /
adjective Botany, Zoology.
rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
Origin of hispid
1640–50; < Latin
hispidus rough, shaggy; akin to
hirsute
OTHER WORDS FROM hispid
his·pid·i·ty, nounWords nearby hispid
hispanism,
hispanist,
hispano-,
hispanophile,
hispanophobe,
hispid,
hispidulous,
hiss,
hiss, alger,
hissarlik,
hisself
Example sentences from the Web for hispid
They are all hispid plants, very disagreeable to handle, and are generally of rank growth.
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits |Mary Elizabeth ParsonsThe leaf-sheaths are loose, hispid with tubercle-based hairs, or glabrous, with mouth contracted.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga AchariyarThe variety F. heterophylla has narrower and longer "seeds," and a hispid rachilla.
Grasses |H. Marshall Ward
British Dictionary definitions for hispid
hispid
/ (ˈhɪspɪd) /
adjective
biology
covered with stiff hairs or bristles
Derived forms of hispid
hispidity, nounWord Origin for hispid
C17: from Latin
hispidus bristly