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spinate

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See also: Spinate and spínáte

English

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Etymology

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From spine +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Adjective

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spinate (comparative more spinate, superlative most spinate)

  1. Bearing a spine; spiniform.
  2. Covered in spine-like processes. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spiˈna.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: spi‧nà‧te

Adjective

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spinate

  1. feminine plural of spinato

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