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bar⋅bel⋅late

  [bahr-buh-leyt, bahr-bel-it, -eyt]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
having short, stiff hairs.
Origin:
1840–50; < NL barbell(a), dim. of L barbula little beard (see barbule, -elle ) + -ate 1
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bar·bel·late   (bär'bə-lāt', bär-běl'ĭt, -āt')   
adj.  Botany Finely or minutely barbed: barbellate stems.

[From New Latin barbella, diminutive of Latin barba, beard; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots.]
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Barbellate

Bar"bel*late\, a. [See 1st Barb.] (Bot.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. --Gray.
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