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spinescent |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spinescent \Spi*nes"cent\, a.[L. spinescens, -entis, p. pr of spinescere to know to grow thorny, fr spina a thorn: cf F. spinescent.] (Bot.) Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines. --Gray.