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spinescent

/spi.nɛ.sɑ̃/

adjective/spi.nɛ.sɑ̃/

spinescent (having a spine or spines); spinescent (terminating in a spine)

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

spinescent — French Dictionary | Passage