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Webster 1913 Edition
Spinescent
Spi-nes′cent
,Adj.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spinescent
SPINES'CENT
,Adj.