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spinescence Bot. and Zool.|spaɪˈnɛsəns| [See next and -ence. So F. spinescence.] Spinescent character, condition, or formation.
1859Mayne Expos. Lex., Spinescentia,..spinescence. 1894Nat. Sci. Oct. 263 It is not altogether strange to find spinescent processes away from deserts; but I do maintain that spinescence is an important element in the facies of hot and arid deserts in a barren soil. 1908Smithsonian Misc. Coll. v. 104 The differences are mainly in the spinescence or smoothness of the skin. |