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seta
| setaceous
| setaria
| setaria glauca
| setaria italica
| setaria italica rubrofructa
seta
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun seta has 2 senses
- seta(n = noun.plant) Array - stalk of a moss capsule; Array is a kind of podetium
- seta(n = noun.animal) Array - a stiff hair or bristle; Array is a kind of hair
has particulars: chaeta
Derived form adjective setaceous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
seta, n. [L. seta, saeta, a bristle.].
- Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss. [1913 Webster]
- One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
seta, n. (pl. setae) Bot. & Zool. stiff hair; bristle.
Derivative
setaceous adj.
Etymology
L, = bristle
THESAURUS
seta
barb, barbel, bristle, capillament, cilium, coat, fleece, fur, hair, horsehair, mane, pelt, pile, pubescence, pubic hair, setula, setule, shag, striga, stubble, wool
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