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What does setaceous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word setaceous? Here's what it means.

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  1. of, relating to, or resembling a bristle or bristles; bristly
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The antenn are about an inch long, slender, setaceous, and gradually diminishing from the base to the extremities.
Antennae incrassated and plumose in basal half, the joints moniliform, apical half setaceous.
The long-awned species of Festuca have compact stiff panicles and narrow or setaceous leaves.
Yet insects that have filiform or setaceous antenn appear often to use them for exploring.
The grasshoppers with setaceous antenn have four tarsal joints.
The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.

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