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prickly

37 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. prickly
  2. prickly apple
  3. prickly ash
  4. prickly beaver
  5. prickly broom
  6. prickly bur
  7. prickly comfrey
  8. prickly fern
  9. prickly-fruited
  10. prickly fungus
  11. prickly glasswort
  12. prickly gooseberry
  13. prickly heat
  14. prickly lettuce
  15. prickly mimosa
  16. prickly moses
  17. prickly nightshade
  18. prickly pear
  19. prickly pine
  20. prickly poison
  21. prickly pole
  22. prickly poppy
  23. prickly potato
  24. prickly saltwort
  25. prickly-seeded spinach
  26. prickly shield fern
  27. prickly sida
  28. prickly sow thistle
  29. prickly spruce
  30. prickly tang

prick·ly

adjective \ˈpri-k(ə-)lē\

: having many sharp points

: caused or seeming to be caused by something that has many small, sharp points

: causing a prickly feeling on your skin

prick·li·erprick·li·est

Full Definition of PRICKLY

1
:  full of or covered with prickles; especially :  distinguished from related kinds by the presence of prickles
2
:  marked by prickling :  stinging <a prickly sensation>
3
a :  troublesome, vexatious <prickly issues>
b :  easily irritated <had a prickly disposition>
— prick·li·ness noun
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Examples of PRICKLY

  1. The plant's leaves are prickly.
  2. <she tried to ignore the feel of the prickly grass against her skin>

First Known Use of PRICKLY

1578

Related to PRICKLY

Synonyms
irritating, itchy, scratchy

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

Rhymes with PRICKLY

quickly, sickly, slickly, thickly

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