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Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.

Prick :: Prick (n.) To render acid or pungent.

Bramble :: Bramble (n.) Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub..

Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..

Glasswort :: Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap..

Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..

Xanthoxylum :: Xanthoxylum (n.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash..

Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..

Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.

Progue :: Progue (v. t. ) To prick; to goad.

Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..

Pricked :: Pricked (imp. & p. p.) of Pric.

Prod :: Prod (v. t.) To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student..

Cactus :: Cactus (n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America..

Prick :: Prick (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid.

Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects..

Thistle :: Thistle (n.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants..

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks..

Prick :: Prick (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch.

Aculeated :: Aculeated (a.) Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

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