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A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood.
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v. t.
To prick, as with a thorn.
n.
One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.
n.
A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented with a long, pointed crest.
n.
Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.
n.
The turbot.
n.
Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.
superl.
Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
n.
Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
a.
Set with thorns.
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A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
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The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
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The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.
n.
A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and thorns in a bush or tree.
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Destitute of, or free from, thorns.
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A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
superl.
Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
a.
Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
n.
Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.
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A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.
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