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

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..

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

Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..

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..

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

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

Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.

Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..

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