thorned

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English

Verb

thorned

  1. simple past and past participle of thorn

Adjective

thorned (comparative more thorned, superlative most thorned)

  1. containing thorns
    • 1914, John Symonds, Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete‎:
      A prickly bindweed (the Smilax Sarsaparilla) forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves.
    • 1863, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863‎:
      In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female.
    • 1990 January 19, James Krohe Jr., “Green Streets”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      In its native form the branches of the honey locust are thorned and bear seed pods up to a foot long.

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