spinescence


spi·nes·cent

S0642200 (spī-nĕs′ənt)adj. Biology 1. Having a spine or spines.2. Terminating in a spine.
[Late Latin spīnēscēns, spīnēscent-, present participle of spīnēscere, to become thorny, from Latin spīna, thorn.]
spi·nes′cence n.