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adjectivehaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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"the thorny question of states' rights"adjectivebristling with perplexities
Definition that contains thorny
- may thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- citron thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind
- prosopis glandulosa thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
- genus pithecolobium thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia
- citrus medica thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind
- paliurus thorny Eurasian shrubs
- crataegus laevigata thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- crataegus thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple
- jerusalem thorn thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
- western honey mesquite thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets