Having spiny or thorny branches; a botanical term describing plants with branching structures that bear spines or spiky protrusions.
From Greek 'akantha' (thorn, spine) + 'klados' (branch), combining botanical Latin terms to describe the physical structure of plant branches.
This word perfectly captures how scientists gave extremely specific names to plant features—like calling a plant 'spinny-branched' in a way that lets botanists instantly visualize exactly what it looks like without seeing it.
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