Englishfor English speakers
bristly
—
adjective
(= prickly, waspish)
very irritable
bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
he became prickly and spiteful
witty and waspish about his colleagues
—
adjective
(= barbed, burred, setaceous)
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc
a horse with a short bristly mane
bristly shrubs
burred fruits
setaceous whiskers
sedge
Noun
—
A sedge is a grass-like plant such as papyrus.