English
spinulescent
From spinule + -escent.
Formed from spinule + -escent
Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’
Proto-Italic *speinā ‘thorn’
Latin spīna ‘a spine’
Late Latin spīnula
English spinule
Today it means
adj Having small spines; somewhat thorny.
Sources
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Etymograph / spinulescent