thorny : Idioms & Phrases

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thorny amaranth

  • noun erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
    Amaranthus spinosus.
WordNet

Thorny rest-harrow

  • (Bot.), rest-harrow.
Webster 1913

thorny skate

  • noun cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches
    Raja radiata.
WordNet

Thorny trefoil

  • a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (F. Cretica, etc.).
Webster 1913