A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.
To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.
a slender thorn-like projection which breaks off entirely
the technical term for a rose thorn
A sharp structure arising as a modification of the epidermis found randomly on bark or other plant parts.
n. (ME. prikle, prikel, fr. OE. prickle, pricel; a kin to MD. prikel, prickle) a sharp pointed emergence arising from the epidermis or bark of a plant.
a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"
a a sharp outgrowth of a plant's epidermis (outer skin)
a growth on the outer side of the epidermis
A small, spinelike growth. (eg: in Pinus and Rosa)
Sharp growth coming from skin or bark of plant.
stiff sharp-pointed spine.
Small, sharp spinelike outgrowth on the surface of a plant.
a hard, pointed outgrowth from the surface of a plant, involving several layers of cells but not containing a vein.
In botany, “prickle” is a sharp outgrowth of bark or epidermis on a stem that functions as a mechanical defense, as in rose. In popular use, the term often used is “thorn.
A sharp pointed outgrowth from the epidermis or cortex of any organ.
sharp, short, rigid projections from internode regions of stem; usually basally thickened, not as flexible as bristle
A small, sharp, usually slender outgrowth of the young bark.