spinescent

Borrowed from Late Latin spīnēscēns, present participle of spīnēscō (“to become thorny”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”).^[1] By surface analysis, spine +‎ -escent.

• enPR: spī-nĕs′ənt^[1]
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /spaɪ̯ˈnɛs.ənt/; (also Received Pronunciation) /spʌɪ̯-/, /-ˈnes-/; (also Scotland) /spʌi̯-/, /spəi̯-/, /-ʌnt/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /spɑe̯ˈnes.ənt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /spəjˈnɛ(ː)s.enʈ/, /spɑːjˈnɛ(ː)s.enʈ/
• Rhymes: -ɛsənt
• Hyphenation: spi‧nes‧cent^[1]

spinescent (not comparable) (botany)

1. Having a spine or spines.
2. Terminating in a spine.

• “spinescent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From Latin spīna +‎ -escent. Coined by French lexicographer Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste in 1803.

• IPA^(key): /spi.nɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /spi.ne.sɑ̃/
• Hyphenation: spi‧ne‧scent

spinescent (feminine spinescente, masculine plural spinescents, feminine plural spinescentes) (botany)

1. spinescent (having a spine or spines)
2. spinescent (terminating in a spine)

• → Romanian: spinescent

• “spinescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from French spinescent.

spinescent m or n (feminine singular spinescentă, masculine plural spinescenți, feminine/neuter plural spinescente)

1. spinescent (having a spine or spines)
2. spinescent (terminating in a spine)

• “spinescent”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026