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barbed

  • adjective
  • /bɑː(ɹ)bd/

Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared.

Other meanings

  1. Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled.

  2. Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc).

Related words

  • barbedly
  • barbedness
  • nonbarbed
  • unbarbed

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “barbed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.