hispid
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Leaves hirsute or hispid on the mid-veins beneath — 27. 26b.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
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 Henry Allan Gleason
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 Nelson Annandale
Calyx ovate, inflated, closed, with ten black hispid ribs, which branch near the top.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Carl von Linn?
Turnip, tur′nip, n. a biennial plant, with lyrate hispid leaves, the upper part of the root becoming, esp. in cultivation, swollen and fleshy—cultivated as a culinary esculent, and for feeding cattle and sheep.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
