bearded
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˈbɪrdɪd/
- Specialized
:
barbado
- She admired the bearded irises, noting their striking appearance among the other flowers.
- bearded irises
- bearded dragon
- bearded seals
Examples
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Once they stripped the petals off every one of mother's precious bearded irises in a single day.
Fiction book (1997) -
The garden was full of colorful bearded irises swaying gently in the breeze.
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And yet polar bears, ringed seals, and bearded seals survived as species.
Blog text (9) -
Seals and walruses, too, were as abundant as formerly, but some whalers indicated that Oogruk (bearded seal) were conspicuously absent this past whaling season.
Academic text (2007) -
In spring, my favorite blooms are the bearded irises with their vibrant petals.
Synonyms
1
4.6
Covered with short, stiff hairs that feel rough
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5.5
Having hair on the lower part of the face or looking like someone with that hair
1
8.5
Having hair on the cheeks and chin like a beard
A seed or fruit with a soft tuft of hair to help it travel in the wind
Seeds that have a small group of soft hairs to help them float or stick to animals
Having short stiff hairs like a brush
Covered with many short stiff hairs or small sharp points
Covered with short stiff hairs that stand up
Having many short stiff hairs like those on a brush
Having hair on the chin or lower face
Compounds
- US
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6.8
A medium-sized Arctic animal that lives in the sea with long whiskers used to find food under ice
- Specialized
A wild grass that grows in grain fields and has seeds that can be poisonous
- Specialized
A grass like wheat that has straight bristles on its flower parts
How Hairy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bearded is also used for plants and grains that have long, hairlike bristles because the word beard here means 'a fringe of hairs' on the seed head, so bearded wheat really has a 'beard' of bristles.