Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
SPINESCENT
Etymology
Adjective
spinescent (not comparable)
(biology) Having a spine or spines.
(biology) Terminating in a spine.
Source: Wiktionary
Spi*nes"cent, a.Etym: [L. spinescens, -entis, p. pr. of spinescere to know to grow thorny, fr. spina a thorn: cf. F. spinescent.] (Bot.)
Definition: Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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