hispid

1. (obsolete outside biology, botany) Covered in short, stiff hairs.Examples: "The hispid hare inhabits forested areas."; "An erect, branching, hispid or glabrate annual, 1 ft. high. Radical leaves petioled, crowded, spreading on the ground, hispid with white hairs, lobes toothed; cauline entire or pinnatifid."; "Larger and stouter, less than a foot high, much branched, roughish-hispid: nutlets dull, with rounded sides, no angles, and a large and deep areola or scar."Synonyms: bristly