"despine" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: despines [present, singular, third-person], despining [participle, present], despined [participle, past], despined [past]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: de- + spine Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|spine}} de- + spine Head templates: {{en-verb}} despine (third-person singular simple present despines, present participle despining, simple past and past participle despined)
  1. To remove the spines from a plant.
    Sense id: en-despine-en-verb-xyp86C58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Three specimens are partially decorticated. One of these items is not longitudinally split but is despined while another is longitudinally split into quarters and is despined. The last Yucca thomsoniana specimen is longitudinally split into less than quarter-sized segments and is despined.",
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