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Meaning of "spinescent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPINESCENT

From Late Latin spīnēscere to become thorny, from Latin spīna a thorn.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPINESCENT

spinescent  [spaɪˈnɛsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPINESCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spinescent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPINESCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thorns, spines, and prickles

In plant morphology, thorns, spines, prickles, and in general spinose structures are all hard structures with sharp, stiff, ends, generally with the same function of mechanically deterring herbivory. In common language the terms are used more or less interchangeably, but in botanical terms, thorns are derived from shoots, spines are derived from leaves, and prickles are derived from the epidermis. Leaf margins also may have teeth and if those teeth are sharp they are called spinose teeth, on a spinose leaf margin. On a leaf apex, if there is an apical process, and if it is specially sharp, stiff, and spinelike, it can be called spinose or pungent apical process When epidermis is covered with very long, stiff trichomes is called hispid vestiture, if is covered with stinging trichomes it can be called urent vestiture. Thorns and spines are derived from shoots and leaves respectively, and have vascular bundles inside. Prickles don't have vascular bundles inside, so they can be removed more easily. A spinose tooth in a leaf margin. A spinose apical process. Thorn images.

Definition of spinescent in the English dictionary

The definition of spinescent in the dictionary is having or resembling a spine or spines. Other definition of spinescent is becoming spiny.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPINESCENT


adolescent
ˌædəˈlɛsənt
antidepressant
ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛsənt
canescent
kəˈnɛsənt
crescent
ˈkrɛsənt
depressant
dɪˈprɛsənt
effervescent
ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt
evanescent
ˌɛvəˈnɛsənt
fluorescent
ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt
ignescent
ɪɡˈnɛsənt
incandescent
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt
incessant
ɪnˈsɛsənt
iridescent
ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt
juvenescent
ˌdʒuːvɪˈnɛsənt
obsolescent
ˌɒbsəˈlɛsənt
pearlescent
pɜːˈlɛsənt
prepubescent
ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsənt
quiescent
kwɪˈɛsənt
senescent
sɪˈnɛsənt
suppressant
səˈprɛsənt
thermoluminescent
ˌθɜːməʊˌluːmɪˈnɛsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPINESCENT

spine
spine-basher
spine-bashing
spine-chiller
spine-chilling
spine-tingling
spined
spinel
spineless
spinelessly
spinelessness
spinelike
spinescence
spinet
spinier
spiniest
spiniferous
spinifex
spiniform
spinigerous

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPINESCENT

acquiescent
ascent
chemiluminescent
coalescent
convalescent
descent
Fertile Crescent
florescent
intumescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
opalescent
phosphorescent
photoluminescent
pubescent
recent
Red Crescent
reminiscent
scent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of spinescent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spinescent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPINESCENT

Find out the translation of spinescent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spinescent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spinescent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spinescent
570 millions of speakers

English

spinescent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spinescent
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

spinescent
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

spinescent
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spinescent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spinescent
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épineuses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spinesen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spinescent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spinescent
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spinescent
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spinescent
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

spinescent
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spinescent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुपी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spinescent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spinescent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spinescent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spinescent
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spinescent
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

spinescent
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

doringagtige
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

spinescent
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

spinescent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spinescent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINESCENT»

The term «spinescent» is used very little and occupies the 182.304 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINESCENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spinescent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spinescent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spinescent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINESCENT»

Discover the use of spinescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spinescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tourists Flora: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Flowering ...
A. Crest as long as corolla. Flowers solitary. 1. pinnatns. L. pinnatipartite to midrib . Segm. 7-10 on each side, lanceolate, spinescent. Margin serrato-spinescent. Outer Phyll. leafy, serrato-spinescent. Seed with 4 acute edges, p. 5, 6. Fields. Sic .
Joseph Woods, 1850
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A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... Arranged ...
Genitals ехserted-Shrubs or trees, usually spinose. Flowers extra-axillary, solitary , twin, or umbellate. 1 L. Еивогш'пи (Lin. syst. 228. mant. p. 47.) branches erect, loose ; buds spinescent; leaves fascicled, obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, ...
George Don, 1838
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Descriptions of Two New Fresh-Water Fishes from Colombia: ...
Lepidosis incomplete; 22 myomeres in axial lateral count, little spinescent on trunk, more so on tail. Head largely spinescent above. Spines and edges of rays of fins spinescent. D. I, 6, spine equals head and flexible terminally; adipose fin 2f in ...
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A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants
... ovate, acuminated, smooth on both surfaces; stipulas acuminated, twin on both sides; peduncles axillary, solitary, bearing each a single head of flowers, bracteolate in the middle, but after flowering becoming recurved and spinescent. ' 7. v.
George Don, 1834
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General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants
stipulas spinescent, permanent; phyllodia glabrous, rhomboid, ending in a spinose acumen, with 1 nerve in the centre, and the superior margin furnished with l gland-bearing, obtuse tooth; branchlets hispid; heads solitary, 3-4-flowered. IQ .
George Don, 1832
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Vol. II. - Caclyciflorae
stipulas spinescent, permanent; phyllodia glabrous, rhomboid, ending in a spinose acumen, with l nerve in the centre, and the superior margin furnished with l gland-bearing, obtuse tooth; branchlets his~ pid; heads solitary, 3-4- flowered. ' l7 .
‎1832
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Flora Australiensis: A Description of the Plants of the ...
and rigid, very spreading1 or reflexed after flowering, in sessile headlike spikes or clusters, the bracts and bracteoles spinescent and very spreading. The genus is limited to Australia, differing slightly from Achyranthes in its inflorescence, ...
George Bentham, 1870
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Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae
Leaf blade apices spinecent; sepal apices spinescent. 2. Leaves prominently arcuate-spreading, blade 10-20 mm; sepals (1-)3-veined 22b. Minuartia nuttallii var. fragilis 2. Leaves appressed to occasionally arcuate- spreading, blade 5-7 mm; ...
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, 2003
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Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States, Washington, Oregon, ...
Basal leaf-sheaths bladeless, the uppermost sometimes with a short slender mucronation ; lowest leaf of inflorescence 5-15 cm. long, spinescent; panicle lax, 5-10 cm. high, many-flowered ; perianth 4 mm. long, the segments lanceolate acute, ...
Le Roy Abrams, Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, 1923
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Last Water on the Devil's Highway: A Cultural and Natural ...
Washes, valley plains, and canyon bottoms. The flowers are the largest of any plant in the region. Lycium andersonii var. andersonii [L. andersonii var. deserticola] Desert wolfberry. Spinescent hardwood shrubs. Flower lavender, nonseasonal.
Bill Broyles, Gayle Harrison Hartmann, Thomas E. Sheridan, 2014

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPINESCENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spinescent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Comment l'émotion (le passé) bloque l'énergie et l'action
Source : http://spinescent.blogspot.fr/2014/06/ceci-ici-present-avec-swami-prajnanpad.html. (1) Svami Prajnanpad se désignait lui-même ainsi. (2) Que signifie ... «Le Club de Mediapart, Jun 14»
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A Long-Lost Bone
... they produce a “a mildly pungent orange secretion” also found in mature males and have “an enlarged, spinescent clitoris supported by an os clitoridis” similar ... «National Geographic, Sep 13»
3
Rock et noir, forcément
... sens de mots aussi fréquents que cachectique, spinescent ou tourmaline. Car l'auteur, journaliste qui a goûté à la locale, et chroniqueur musical à ses heures, ... «Sud Ouest, Apr 11»
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Herbs against infections
It is a small tree or shrub with spinescent branches. Guggulu, or the gum resin from the bark, contains octanordammarane terpenes manusumbionic acid and ... «Malaysia Star, Apr 06»
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Herbs for obesity
Guggulu. This is a small tree or shrub with spinescent branches. Its gum resin is used in Ayurvedic medicine and is considered to have astringent, antiseptic and ... «Malaysia Star, Nov 05»

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