01 a. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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1.
Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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2.
Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.“The steep and thorny way to heaven.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Thorny rest-harrow —
rest-harrow.
Thorny trefoil —
a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (Fagonia Cretica, etc.).