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noun
A small, detachable, irritant spine occurring in dense clusters in the areoles of certain cacti such as the prickly pear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: glochidium
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Broader terms: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
History
From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb of an arrow”).
