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English → English (gcide) Definition: Spinescent 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]