7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
adjective having spines
originEtymology 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 *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Latin spinōsusbor. English spinose Borrowed from Latin spinōsus.
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