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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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