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Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..

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

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished..

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..

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

Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.

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..

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

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

Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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