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

Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..

Cutgrass :: Cutgrass () A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia..

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.

Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.

Prickle :: Prickle (v. t.) To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points..

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..

Aculeiform :: Aculeiform (a.) Like a prickle.

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.

Aculeus :: Aculeus (n.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..

Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..

Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..

Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..

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