spinulose
/ˈspɪnjʊləʊs
/adjective Botany & Zoology
Having small spines.The terminals studied have the type of pollen morphology described by Nowicke: pantoporate, spinulose and punctate ektexine with very small, numerous, sparsely-distributed pores....
- In it grow such ferns as adder's tongue fern, bog fern, Christmas fern, crested fern, Goldie's fern, maidenhair fern, New York fern, ostrich fern, and spinulose woodfern.
- Oak fern and spinulose wood fern are common, along with strawberryleaf raspberry, threeleaf foamflower, and twisted-stalk.
Origin
Early 19th century: from modern Latin spinulosus, from spinula, diminutive of spina 'thorn, spine'.
- butte
- butt end
- butter
- butter-and-eggs
- butterball
- butter bean
- butterbur
- butter cap
- buttercream
- buttercup
- buttercup squash
- butter dish
- butterface
- butter factory
- butterfat
- Butterfield, William
- butterfingered
- butterfingers
- butterfish
- butterfly
- butterfly bush
- butterfly cake
- butterfly effect
- butterfly fish
- butterfly knife