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Definition of prickly
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Prickly
(a.) Full of sharp
points
or
prickles;
armed or
covered
with
prickles;
as, a
prickly
shrub..
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Yellowwood
::
Yellowwood
(n.) The wood of any one of
several
different
kinds of
trees;
also, any one of the trees
themselves.
Among the trees so
called
are the
Cladrastis
tinctoria,
an
American
leguminous
tree; the
several
species
of
prickly
ash
(Xanthoxylum);
the
Australian
Flindersia
Oxleyana,
a tree
related
to the
mahogany;
certain
South
African
species
of
Podocarpus,
trees
related
to the yew; the East
Indian
Podocarpus
latifolia;
and the true
satinwood
(Chloroxylon
Swietenia).
All these Old World trees fu
Prickliness
::
Prickliness
(n.) The
quality
of being
prickly,
or of
having
many
prickles..
Durion
::
Durion
(n.) The fruit of the
durio.
It is oval or
globular,
and eight or ten
inches
long. It has a hard
prickly
rind,
containing
a soft,
cream-colored
pulp, of a most
delicious
flavor
and a very
offensive
odor. The seeds are
roasted
and eaten like
chestnuts..
Satinwood
::
Satinwood
(n.) The hard,
lemon-colored,
fragrant
wood of an East
Indian
tree
(Chloroxylon
Swietenia).
It takes a
lustrous
finish,
and is used in
cabinetwork.
The name is also given to the wood of a
species
of
prickly
ash
(Xanthoxylum
Caribaeum)
growing
in
Florida
and the West
Indies..
Xanthoxylene
::
Xanthoxylene
(n.) A
liquid
hydrocarbon
of the
terpene
series
extracted
from the seeds of a
Japanese
prickly
ash
(Xanthoxylum
pipertium)
as an
aromatic
oil.
Burr
::
Burr (n.) Any rough or
prickly
envelope
of the seeds of
plants,
whether
a
pericarp,
a
persistent
calyx,
or an
involucre,
as of the
chestnut
and
burdock.
Also, any weed which bears
burs..
Cactaceous
::
Cactaceous
(a.)
Belonging
to, or like, the
family
of
plants
of which the
prickly
pear is a
common
example..
Thistle
::
Thistle
(n.) Any one of
several
prickly
composite
plants,
especially
those of the
genera
Cnicus,
Craduus,
and
Onopordon.
The name is often also
applied
to other
prickly
plants..
Cactus
::
Cactus
(n.) Any plant of the order
Cactacae,
as the
prickly
pear and the
night-blooming
cereus.
See
Cereus.
They
usually
have
leafless
stems and
branches,
often beset with
clustered
thorns,
and are
mostly
natives
of the
warmer
parts of
America..
Artichoke
::
Artichoke
(n.) The
Cynara
scolymus,
a plant
somewhat
resembling
a
thistle,
with a
dilated,
imbricated,
and
prickly
involucre.
The head (to which the name is also
applied)
is
composed
of
numerous
oval
scales,
inclosing
the
florets,
sitting
on a broad
receptacle,
which,
with the
fleshy
base of the
scales,
is much
esteemed
as an
article
of
food..
Pungent
::
Pungent
(v. t.)
Prickly-pointed;
hard and
sharp.
Glasswort
::
Glasswort
(n.) A
seashore
plant of the
Spinach
family
(Salicornia
herbacea),
with
succulent
jointed
stems;
also, a
prickly
plant of the same
family
(Salsola
Kali),
both
formerly
burned
for the sake of the
ashes,
which yield soda for
making
glass and
soap..
Bramble
::
Bramble
(n.) Any plant of the genus
Rubus,
including
the
raspberry
and
blackberry.
Hence:
Any
rough,
prickly
shrub..
Tuna
::
Tuna (n.) The
Opuntia
Tuna. See
Prickly
pear, under
Prickly..
Gherkin
::
Gherkin
(n.) A kind of
small,
prickly
cucumber,
much used for
pickles..
Prickling
::
Prickling
(a.)
Prickly.
Pimpillo
::
Pimpillo
(n.) A West
Indian
name for the
prickly
pear
(Opuntia);
--
called
also
pimploes.
Smilax
::
Smilax
(n.) A genus of
perennial
climbing
plants,
usually
with a
prickly
woody stem; green
brier,
or cat
brier.
The
rootstocks
of
certain
species
are the
source
of the
medicine
called
sarsaparilla..
Opuntia
::
Opuntia
(n.) A genus of
cactaceous
plants;
the
prickly
pear, or
Indian
fig..
Pricky
::
Pricky
(a.) Stiff and
sharp;
prickly.
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