Word Study
bristly
CIDE DICTIONARY
bristly, a.
Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough. [1913 Webster]
"The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
bristly
acanaceous, aculeolate, barbellate, brambly, briery, bristled, bristling, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, glochidiate, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, muricate, pilose, pricking, prickly, pricky, pubescent, setaceous, setose, setous, shagged, shaggy, stinging, strigal, strigate, strigose, stubbled, stubbly, studded, thistly, thorny, unshorn, woollyFor further exploring for "bristly" in Webster Dictionary Online