Spinescent


adjective
1.
Botany.

becoming spinelike.
ending in a spine.
bearing spines.

2.
Zoology. somewhat spinelike; coarse, as hair.
adjective (biology)
1.
having or resembling a spine or spines
2.
becoming spiny

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