Usually means: Covered with stiff, bristle-like hairs.
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  1. setose: Merriam-Webster
  2. setose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. setose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. setose: Vocabulary.com
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  7. setose: Wiktionary
  8. setose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. Setose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
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  13. Setose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. setose: FreeDictionary.org
  15. setose: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. setose: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  2. Setose: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (setose)

▸ adjective:  Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Similar:
setaceous, setiferous, bristly, setulous, bristlelike, thickset, hirsute, hispid, chaetic, setous, more...

Opposite:
glabrous, smooth, hairless

Adjectives:
sparsely, densely, more, less, long, short, inner, non, posterior, slender, black

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Similar:
setaceous, setiferous, bristly, setulous, bristlelike, thickset, hirsute, hispid, chaetic, setous, more...

Opposite:
glabrous, smooth, hairless

Adjectives:
sparsely, densely, more, less, long, short, inner, non, posterior, slender, black



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