spinescent
Syllables: spi·nes·cent/spaɪ̯ˈnɛs.ənt/
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Australia/spɑe̯ˈnes.ənt/
spinescent adjective: having a spine or spines.
Adjective
spinescent (not comparable)
- Having a spine or spines.
- Terminating in a spine.
Origin of spinescent
Borrowed from Late Latin spīnēscēns, present participle of spīnēscō (“to become thorny”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”). By surface analysis, spine + -escent.
Words formed from spinescent
Words that rhyme with spinescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
- detumescent
Questions about spinescent
- What does spinescent mean?
- Spinescent means having a spine or spines.
- What part of speech is spinescent?
- Spinescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce spinescent?
- Spinescent is pronounced /spaɪ̯ˈnɛs.ənt/ (UK).
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