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spinescent

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spi·nes·cent  (sp-nsnt)
adj. Botany
1. Having a spine or spines.
2. Terminating in a spine.
[Late Latin spnscns, spnscent-, present participle of spnscere, to become thorny, from Latin spna, thorn.]
spi·nescence n.
spinescent [spaɪˈnɛsənt]
adj Biology
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) having or resembling a spine or spines
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) becoming spiny
[from Late Latin spīnēscere to become thorny, from Latin spīna a thorn]
spinescence  n
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Petiole short (10-20 cm long, 10-20% of total leaf length; petiole spinescent for 80-100% of length 21.
The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Vietnam by Hill, Ken D.; Nguyen, Hiep T.; Loc, Phan K. / The Botanical Review
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However, it differs in the much simplified hypopygial structures, absent sa and katepisternal setae, markedly different shaped head, well-developed proboscis and in the wing having the costal vein with spinescent setulae and a thickened hu crossvein.
A revision of Afrotropical Chyromyidae (excluding Gymnochiromyia ... by Ebejer, Martin J. / African Invertebrates
 
 
 
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