| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| barbellate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bar·bel·late |
| PRONUNCIATION: | bär b -l t , bär-b l t, - t |
| ADJECTIVE: | Botany Finely or minutely barbed: barbellate stems. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin barbella, diminutive of Latin barba, beard. See bhardh- - in Appendix I.
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