What is "setose"

Setose \Se*tose"\, Setous \Se"tous\, a. [L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. s['e]teux.] Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

a. Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

adj. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, spiny, thorny]