spinella

English

Noun

spinella (plural spinellae)

  1. (entomology) One of the small hard tooth-like structures that may be present on the gonosaccus.
  2. (botany) A small spine; a prickle.
    • 1912, John Merle Coulter, ‎M. S. Coulter, ‎Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette (volume 54, page 145)
      […] the small areola at base scarcely forked, closely muricate with silvery-gray spinellae on a brown background.

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Italian

Noun

spinella f (plural spinelle)

  1. alternative form of schinella

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