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spinescent

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.