spiny-leaved

1. 1.

   having spiny leaves

   Synonymsspiny-leafed

   Similarleafy

Questions about spiny-leaved

What does spiny-leaved mean?

spiny-leaved means "having spiny leaves".

How many syllables are in spiny-leaved?

spiny-leaved has 4 syllables: spi-ny--lea-ved. The stress falls on "ny-".

What is another word for spiny-leaved?

Close synonyms include spiny-leafed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spiny-leaved a common word?

spiny-leaved is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.