Thorny /(?)/
Thorn·y
Thorny
a.
- Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
The steep and thorny way to heaven.
Phrases & Compounds
- Thorny rest-harrow
- rest-harrow.
- Thorny trefoil
- a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (Fagonia Cretica, etc.).