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Whitethorn :: Whitethorn (n.) The hawthorn.

Tinet :: Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.

Hawebake :: Hawebake (n.) Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2..

Dorn :: Dorn (n.) A British ray; the thornback.

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

Hedge :: Hedge (n.) A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden..

Crackle :: Crackle (v. i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle..

Thorny :: Thorny (superl.) Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing..

Juwansa :: Juwansa (n.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel.

Atropine :: Atropine (n.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine..

Thornbird :: Thornbird (n.) A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.

Quickset :: Quickset (n.) A living plant set to grow, esp. when set for a hedge; specifically, the hawthorn..

Hawthorn :: Hawthorn (n.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed..

Sandalwood :: Sandalwood (n.) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus)..

Sapan Wood :: Sapan wood () A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood..

Aspalathus :: Aspalathus (n.) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.

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..

Briery :: Briery (a.) Full of briers; thorny.

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

Rhamnaceous :: Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus)..

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