bristles (noun)
91brushstroke — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the configuration given to thick paint (as oil paint) by contact with the bristles of a brush; also : the paint left on a surface by a single application of a loaded brush or palette knife …
92bur bristlegrass — noun Etymology: burr (prickly envelope) + bristle grass : a Eurasian annual grass (Setaria verticillata) that is naturalized as a weed in No. America especially in the northeastern states, is often tufted in appearance, and has spikelets with… …
93canna-down — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: so called from the soft bristles of the perianth : either of two sedges (Eriophorum vaginatum and E. callitrix) of temperate regions …
94crested pig — noun : a wild swine (Sus cristata) of eastern Asia that is blackish brown and has a crest of stiff black bristles …
95cut-grass — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a grass having minute hooked bristles along the edges of the leaf blade; specifically : a species of Leersia see rice cut grass …
96fly-catching warbler — noun : any of numerous American wood warblers having strong rictal bristles at the base of the bill and customarily feeding on insects caught on the wing …
97hog scraper — noun : a circular concave metal disk with a sharp rim suitable for scraping the bristles from a hog carcass and a handle often in the form of a candle holder in the center of its convex surface; also : a candlestick with a hog scraper base …
98rabbit-ear — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : toadflax 2. also rabbit ears cactus : a cactus (Opuntia microdasys) with erect much branched flat branches covered with prominent bristles …
99rough bedstraw — noun : a perennial bedstraw (Galium asprellum) of central and eastern No. America having stems branched below and rough with hooked bristles along the four angles …
100roughseed bulrush — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: rough (I) + seed : a perennial Old World rush (Scirpus mucronatus) that occurs as a weed in California rice fields and has seeds with barbed bristles …
