1. Having a beard or beard-like appendages; bearded.
Usage: Formal or technical; often used in biology and botany to describe structures resembling beards.

Examples

• The barbate lichen hung from the tree branches like long gray hair.
• Certain fish species have barbate whisker-like sensory organs around their mouths.
• The botanist noted the barbate filaments extending from the flower's stamens.
• A barbate appearance is common in many species of mosses and lichens.
• The barbate structures on the insect's antennae help it detect chemical signals.