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Thorny

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Definition

The word 'thorny' means having or covered with thorns or prickly points.

Synonyms & similar words

briary bristly prickly spiny setaceous bristled burry briery barbellate burred setose barbed spiky prickly bristly sharp thistle-covered barbed thorned pronged pointed piercing spiny stinging spur-like bristled prickling thorn-ridden spiculate spiculated spiculose aculeate

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