hispid

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Ovary and fruit bristly or hispid — 17. 16b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Sponge forming small, shallow, slightly dome-shaped patches of a more or less circular or oval outline, minutely hispid on the surface, friable but moderately hard.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Stems.—One to two and one half feet high; hispid throughout, or armed with rigid bristles or prickles.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Resembling the last, but of more compact habit, the leaflets densely resinous beneath and aromatic, and doubly serrate; the short pedicels and pinnatifid sepals hispid.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Like other trees with hispid foliage, the juniper has the special attribute of detaining fugitives; but it sometimes shields them as well.

From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous