English > thorny: 2 senses > adjective 2| Meaning | Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.. |
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| Synonyms | barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny |
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| Broader | armed | (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns |
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| Spanish | erizado, espinoso, punzante |
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| Catalan | eriçat, espinós, punxant |
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| Nouns | thorn | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
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| thorniness | the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines |
