The leaves on this holly tree are almost deformed but they still have enough thorns to qualify for them for the senticous definition which means prickly or thorny.
"The only known use of the adjective senticous is in the mid 1600s.
Oxford English Dictionary's only evidence for senticous is from 1657, in a translation by Richard Tomlinson.
senticous is a borrowing from Latin." That is until this month when several people are finding illustrations to use it it their 365 project
@maggiemae My guess is sen-ti-cous (short e sound and short i sound; the ou is up for debate! oos or us) if I understand the way vowels and consonants work in the English language.
Good one for the word- they may not be in the traditional shape, but I still would not want to get stuck by one of those leaves!
@maggiemae I think it is pronounced SENT y cus and I know lots of people with a senticous character! @olivetreeann thanks An for helping with the pronunciation and tha nice comment @shutterbug49 glad you like it Debbie @corinnec it is a very rare word glad you like the green Corinne @mcsiegle I almost forgot too! Yours is great by the way Mary @eudora Nice to know you like the photo and good luck ever finding the word used anywhere Diane! @ludwigsdiana Thank you Diana I imagine very few people are familiar with this one @30pics4jackiesdiamond and I think that is all that is in this one Jackie @wakelys I appreciate that Sue those are holes in the tree canopy and the sun @darchibald Nice to know you are impressed by both Dave thanks @linnypinny Too nice of you to say so Lin
May 22nd, 2024
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Good one for the word- they may not be in the traditional shape, but I still would not want to get stuck by one of those leaves!
@olivetreeann thanks An for helping with the pronunciation and tha nice comment
@shutterbug49 glad you like it Debbie
@corinnec it is a very rare word glad you like the green Corinne
@mcsiegle I almost forgot too! Yours is great by the way Mary
@eudora Nice to know you like the photo and good luck ever finding the word used anywhere Diane!
@ludwigsdiana Thank you Diana I imagine very few people are familiar with this one
@30pics4jackiesdiamond and I think that is all that is in this one Jackie
@wakelys I appreciate that Sue those are holes in the tree canopy and the sun
@darchibald Nice to know you are impressed by both Dave thanks
@linnypinny Too nice of you to say so Lin