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PRICKLY-LEAVED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prickly-leaved mean?
• PRICKLY-LEAVED (adjective)
The adjective PRICKLY-LEAVED has 1 sense:
1. having prickly leaves
Familiarity information: PRICKLY-LEAVED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having prickly leaves
Synonyms:
prickly-leafed; prickly-leaved
Similar:
leafy (having or covered with leaves)
Context examples
A substance derived from any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs including the plant Silybum marianum.
(Milk thistle, NCI Thesaurus)
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