#aspru

• Adiantum hispidulum — A species of perennial fern in the Pteridaceae family, natively distributed across Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. The plant is structurally characterized by its young fronds, which exhibit an attractive pink or bronze hue before turning green, and by the presence of fine, rough hairs (hispidulous) on the stems and foliar surface, being a popular choice for indoor gardens.
• Fierce — Full of energy, harshness, sharpness, or fire; hot-tempered, unrestrained, severe, or unyielding in actions or decisions. Frequently used figuratively to describe violent conflicts, biting frosts, piercing winds, or passionate natures acting with overwhelming force and unwavering doughtiness.
• Bristled — Having curled up or bristled like a hedgehog; describes hair that is coarse, rigid, and standing up, or a surface full of roughness, tiny spines, or irregularities. In a popular veterinary sense, it refers to a horse affected by the scratches disease, having the skin above the hoof cracked, rough, and swollen.
• Mercenary-like — Belonging to or characteristic of the arnăuți (Albanian mercenaries); representative of the attire, customs, weaponry, or fierce spirit of these warriors. In an extended or figurative sense, it describes a harsh, severe, relentless, military-like attitude or a rigid and authoritarian behavior.
• Roughish — Somewhat rough, moderately rugged, or slightly astringent to the taste; a diminutive term used to describe a surface, a fabric, or a substance that exhibits minor roughness without being completely harsh or bothersome to the touch. In oenology, it describes a young wine that has a discrete acidity and a slightly sharp note on the palate.
• Roughish — Somewhat rough, moderately rugged, or slightly astringent; a diminutive adjective used to describe a texture, surface, or taste that exhibits a discrete harshness without becoming entirely hard; in oenology, it denotes a young, fresh wine with a slightly elevated acidity, and in folk botany, it is the name of a plant species in the borage family with leaves covered in rigid hairs.
• Roughish — A regional or derived variant for rough or harsh; presenting a slightly rugged, coarse, or rough texture to the touch; also used in popular language to describe an astringent taste or a person's character that is quite severe, sharp, and unforgiving in relations with others.
• Extremely rough — Very rough, excessively rugged, coarse, or sharp; an augmentative adjective used in popular speech to describe an object, a material, or a tool with highly pronounced roughness; it can also denote a type of fish or a rudimentary tool used for cleaning surfaces through abrasive rubbing.
• Rough — Presenting irregularities, prominences, or roughness to the touch, lacking smoothness and softness; producing an astringent, sour, bitter, or sharp sensation to the taste, or a strident, hoarse, and unpleasant sound to the hearing. In a figurative and moral sense, it describes a severe, rigid, unforgiving person, extremely harsh rules or punishments, or violent and hard-to-endure climatic phenomena (such as a harsh winter). In folk ichthyology, it can also denote the asprete fish.