Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a spine or thorn.
- adjective Having spines or similar projections; spiny.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology and anatomy:
- Having spines; spiny; spinigerous or spiniferous.
- Shaped like a spine; spiniform; having the character of a spine; sharp or pointed: as, a spinous process of bone. See
spinose . - In botany, same as
spinose .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Spinose; thorny.
- adjective Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.
- adjective (Anat.) the dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having many
spines . - adjective Of a person, difficult to deal with,
prickly . - adjective Of a subject, providing many difficulties,
thorny .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shaped like a spine or thorn
- adjective having spines
Etymologies
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Examples
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If I had so sweet a place, I would plant brambles, briers, blackthorn, furze, crataegus, every kind of spinous growth, inside my gates, and never let anybody lop them.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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If I had so sweet a place, I would plant brambles, briers, blackthorn, furze, crataegus, every kind of spinous growth, inside my gates, and never let anybody lop them.
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Next is the spinous or squamous cell layer, the thick middle tier of the epidermis.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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I'am not at all a paleontologist but I teach human anatomy and I'am very astonished by the spinous process of the vertebrae of the Maiacetus : on the skeleton you show us, spinous process of thoracic and lombar vertebral column are in the opposite angle caudal for thoracic and cranial for lombar : is it normal on dinosaurs ? was this on the original fossile ?
Maiacetus, Part 2 James Gurney 2009
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When the basal cells reach the spinous layer, they are referred to as squamous cells.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Next is the spinous or squamous cell layer, the thick middle tier of the epidermis.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Next is the spinous or squamous cell layer, the thick middle tier of the epidermis.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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When the basal cells reach the spinous layer, they are referred to as squamous cells.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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When the basal cells reach the spinous layer, they are referred to as squamous cells.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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