a.
1. [SUB- 20 b.] Zool. and Bot. Somewhat spinous.
1822. J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 45. Angulated branches, with subspinous and membranaceous expansions.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 287. Marrubium, White Horehound subspinous, erect or spreading.
2. [SUB- 1 b.] Anat. and Path. a. Under the spinal column. b. Under the spine of the scapula.
In recent Dicts.