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prickle

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prickle
Botany a pointed process arising from the outer layer of a stem, leaf, etc., and containing no woody or conducting tissue


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But one of the tree's prickles pierced his finger and caused great pain and inflammation, so that the young Prince fell down in a fainting fit.
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He was not more than three feet high, his legs were quite crooked, and all his body was covered with prickles like a hedgehog.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
‡ There is cultivated in the king's garden at Paris, a species of serpentine aloes without prickles, whose large and beautiful flower exhales a strong odour of the vanilla, during the time of its expansion, which is very short.
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