spinescencen.
/spʌɪˈnɛsəns/ Botany and Zoology.
Spinescent character, condition, or formation.
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1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Spinescentia,..spinescence.
1894 Nat. Sci. Oct. 263 It is not altogether strange to find spinescent processes away from deserts; but I do maintain that spinescence is an important element in the facies of hot and arid deserts in a barren soil.
1908 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. v. 104 The differences are mainly in the spinescence or smoothness of the skin.
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