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| blackberry |
the thorny bush that bears this fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| blackthorn |
a thorny European shrub with many branches, bearing white flowers and bluishblack, plumlike fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| brier1 |
any of several thorny plants or shrubs, esp. the sweetbrier or greenbrier. [2 definitions] |
| buckthorn |
any of various thorny trees or shrubs that bear small greenish flowers and purple berries. [1/2 definitions] |
| greasewood |
a thorny shrub native to western North America that contains a small amount of oil and is often used for fuel. [1/2 definitions] |
| honey locust |
a North American tree having long, beanlike pods with sweet pulp, delicate foliage, and thorny branches. |
| Japanese quince |
a thorny shrub of the rose family that bears pink or red flowers and hard, sweet-smelling, greenish yellow fruit. [1/2 definitions] |
| lemon |
the thorny evergreen tree on which this fruit grows. [1/5 definitions] |
| logwood |
a tropical American tree that has a hard brownish red heartwood, thorny branches, and yellow flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
| matrimony vine |
a thorny shrub of the nightshade family that is cultivated for its foliage, small pink flowers, and red berries; boxthorn. |
| Osage orange |
a small thorny tree of the mulberry family, native to the midwestern United States, that is often used in hedgerows. [1/2 definitions] |
| rose1 |
any of numerous wild or cultivated shrubs or vines that have compound leaves and usu. thorny stems and bear showy, usu. fragrant flowers composed of many petals. [1/7 definitions] |
| rugosa rose |
a variety of hardy rose having very thorny stems and rough leaves, often used for hedges. |
| spiny |
having or covered with spines or similar projections; thorny. [1/3 definitions] |
| thorn apple |
the fruit of certain thorny plants such as the hawthorn. [1/2 definitions] |
| tragacanth |
any of various low-growing, thorny Asian shrubs that produce a gummy substance which is used commercially. [1/2 definitions] |
| verdin |
a small gray titmouse that has a yellow head, lives in the southwestern United States and Mexico, and builds a spherical nest of thorny twigs. |
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