setaceous

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Nostrils basal, simple, round, situated near the margin, the base with a few short incumbent setaceous feathers.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Leaves bristle-shaped, as are the branchlets, or the lower linear; capsule ovate, mostly longer than the calyx, which has short setaceous teeth; corolla 4–6´´ long.

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

Leaves all submersed and similar, mostly membranaceous and sessile, linear or setaceous.

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

Antennæ setaceous, simple, very slender, full half the length of the body.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various