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despining

despining is the present participle and gerund of despine.

Meaning of despine

Verb

despine (third-person singular simple present despines, present participle despining, simple past and past participle despined)

  1. To remove the spines from a plant.
    • Three specimens are partially decorticated. One of these items is not longitudinally split but is despined while another is longitudinally split into quarters and is despined. The last Yucca thomsoniana specimen is longitudinally split into less than quarter-sized segments and is despined.1999, Perishable Industries from Hinds Cave, Val Verde County, Texas

Questions about despining

What is despining the present participle and gerund of?
Despining is the present participle and gerund of despine.

Words near despining in the dictionary

  1. Despina
  2. despine
  3. despined
  4. despines
  5. Despinian
  6. despining
  7. despinning
  8. despins
  9. despiralisation
  10. despiralisations
  11. despiralization

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