spinescentadj.
/spʌɪˈnɛsənt/ 1. Botany. Developing into, or terminating in, a spine or thorn; also, bearing or covered with spines; spiniferous.
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thornenc897
thornyc1000
armeda1398
pikeda1398
thornish1426
pricky1548
prickly1577
prickled1578
spiky1578
sharp-set1601
spiny1604
senticous1657
aculeous1658
spinous1668
spineal1688
spinose1693
aculeate1753
spinescent1793
aculeolate1818
aciculated1819
spinulose1819
spinulescent1836
spinulous1846
thorned1895
the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective] > thorn- or spine-shaped
acicular1709
spinescent1793
aculeiform1809
aciculated1819
aciculiform1846
aciculine1847
spinulose1848
spinoid1882
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S4 Spinescens, spinescent. Becoming hard and thorny.
1841 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 2 213 The calyx is small and entire, with five spinescent teeth.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 666 A shrub with squamose spinescent branches.
2. Zoology. Tending to become a spine or spinous process; spinous, spinulous.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > tending to become a spine or spinous
spinescent1856
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. II. 526 Feathers of back and rump rigid, often spinescent.
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.
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