Spinescent

What do we mean by spinescent?

Having a spine or spines. adjective

Terminating in a spine. adjective

In botany, tending to be hard and thorn-like; terminating in a spine or sharp point; armed with spines or thorns; spinose.

In zoology, somewhat spinous or spiny, as the fur of an animal; very coarse, harsh, or stiff, as hair; spinulous.

Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines. adjective

Having a spine or spines. adjective

Terminating in a spine. adjective

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word spinescent. Define spinescent, spinescent synonyms, spinescent pronunciation, spinescent translation, English dictionary definition of spinescent.

Words that are spelled similarly to spinescent:
spinescent, spinescens, senescent, spumescent, spinescence, spinulescent.

Words that rhyme with spinescent:
caroline sent, mine sent, nine cent, pine scent, sign sent, stein sent, wine sent.

Adjectives that are often used to describe spinescent:
small, lanceolated, linear.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective spinescent:
branches, branchlets, shrub, plants, leaves, spines, species, bracts, drepanolobium, teeth, shrubs, protestantism, stipules, types, foliage, rakers, surface, lizard.

Consonant match to spinescent:
spain sent.

Words that sound like spinescent:
senescent, sponson, senescence, spinet, suppressant, opalescent, spinoza, spinosa, spin around, swinson, spinnen, pinsent, cessant, spannend, the innocent.