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spinose en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spey-der. Proto-Italic *speinā Latin spīna Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin spinōsusbor. English spinose Borrowed from Latin spinōsus.

Meanings

  1. Having a spine, or spines

Forms

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more spinose Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most spinose Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

trispinose · nonspinose · aspinose · bispinose · spinosity · spinoseness · unispinose · spinosely