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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