hispid

One hardy species endured the invasion: the hispid cotton rat.

Hairy; leaves 3–5-cleft and incised; stamens 15–20; fruit hispid at the top.—Low grounds, Va. and southward.

Distribution of the hispid cotton rat in Kansas.

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

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.