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Chaparral :: Chaparral (n.) An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles.

Thornset :: Thornset (a.) Set with thorns.

Buckthorn :: Buckthorn (n.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.

Lycine :: Lycine (n.) A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.

Thorntail :: Thorntail (n.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest..

Willow-thorn :: Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.

Sloe :: Sloe (n.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself..

Shrike :: Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher..

Rosaceous :: Rosaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces..

Spininess :: Spinigerous (a.) Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.

Yt :: Yt () an old method of printing that (AS. /aet, /aet) the y taking the place of the old letter thorn (/). Cf. Ye, the..

Blackthorn :: Blackthorn (n.) A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.

Christ''s-thorn :: Christ's-thorn (n.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns..

Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..

Euphorbia :: Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products..

Glasstonbury Thorn :: Glasstonbury thorn () A variety of the common hawthorn.

Spine :: Spine (n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

Rhamnus :: Rhamnus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.

Henna :: Henna (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc..

Boxthorn :: Boxthorn (n.) A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum..

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