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  • 111prickly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. thorny, barbed, bristly, spiny, thistly, burry; stinging, tingling, smarting. See roughness, sharpness, pain.Ant., smooth. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. thorny, pointed, spiny; see sharp 2 . III… …

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  • 112spiny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spined, acanthous, hispid. See sharpness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pointed, barbed, spiked, thorny; see sharp 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. barbed, spiked, tined, pronged, bristly, hispid …

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  • 113Christ's-thorn — noun 1. thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit • Syn: ↑Jerusalem thorn, ↑Paliurus spina christi • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Paliurus, ↑ge …

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  • 114thornbush — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English thorn busk, from thorn (I) + bush, busk bush 1. : any of various spiny or thorny shrubs or small trees: as a. : thorn I 1b …

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  • 115thorn´i|ness — thorn|y «THR nee», adjective, thorn|i|er, thorn|i|est. 1. full of thorns or spines; spiny; prickly: »He scratched his hands on the thorny bush …

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  • 116thorn´i|ly — thorn|y «THR nee», adjective, thorn|i|er, thorn|i|est. 1. full of thorns or spines; spiny; prickly: »He scratched his hands on the thorny bush …

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  • 117thorn|y — «THR nee», adjective, thorn|i|er, thorn|i|est. 1. full of thorns or spines; spiny; prickly: »He scratched his hands on the thorny bush …

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  • 118Bambusa — oldhamii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …

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  • 119Vegetative reproduction — Production of new individuals along a leaf margin of the air plant, Kalanchoe pinnata. The small plant in front is about 1 cm tall. The concept of individual is obviously stretched by this process …

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  • 120Crown of Thorns — For other uses, see Crown of Thorns (disambiguation). Jesus Carrying the Cross as portrayed by El Greco 1580 …

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