spinescent

spinescent
/spuy nes"euhnt/, adj.
1. Bot.
a. becoming spinelike.
b. ending in a spine.
c. bearing spines.
2. Zool. somewhat spinelike; coarse, as hair.
[1785-95; < LL spinescent- (s. of spinescens, prp. of spinescere to grow thorny). See SPINE, -ESCENT]

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