'Spinescent' definitions:
Definition of 'Spinescent'
From: GCIDE
- Spinescent \Spi*nes"cent\, a.[L. spinescens, -entis, p. pr. of spinescere to know to grow thorny, fr. spina a thorn: cf. F. spinescent.] (Bot.) Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines. --Gray. [1913 Webster]