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spinescent

[ spahy-nes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. Botany.
    1. becoming spinelike.
    2. ending in a spine.
    3. bearing spines.
  2. Zoology. somewhat spinelike; coarse, as hair.


spinescent

/ 貹ɪˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. having or resembling a spine or spines
  2. becoming spiny
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Derived Forms

  • 辱ˈԱԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 辱·ԱcԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spinescent1

First recorded in 1785–95, spinescent is from the Late Latin word īŧԳ- (stem of īŧŧԲ, present participle of īŧ to grow thorny). See spine, -escent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spinescent1

C18: from Late Latin īŧ to become thorny, from Latin īԲ a thorn
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Example Sentences

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Characters of Dipsacus, but the green leaves of the involucre and involucels not rigid nor spinescent.

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Characters of Dipsacus, but the green leaves of the involucre and involucels not rigid nor spinescent.

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Glabrous, somewhat spinescent, 5–10° high; leaves thin, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, often serrulate; drupe elongated-oblong, usually pointed.—Wet river banks, S. W.

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Spinescent, ending in a spine or rigid point.

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Shrubs or small trees, sometimes spinescent.

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