Prickly plant
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in The Sun Cryptic.
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Publications
- The Sun Cryptic - Tuesday, 4 May 2021
- The Sun Cryptic - Sunday, 28 Feb 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Wednesday, 6 Jan 2021
- The Mirror Quick - Tuesday, 1 Dec 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 19 Oct 2020
- The Daily Mail Quick - Thursday, 20 Aug 2020
- The Daily Mail Quick - Sunday, 2 Feb 2020
- The Daily Mail Quick - Saturday, 2 Mar 2019
- The Daily Mail Quick - Friday, 15 Feb 2019
- The Daily Mail Quick - Friday, 19 Oct 2018
Crossword Answers
5 letters
BRIER
Evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
BRIAR
A pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
GORSE
Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
THORN
Something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh"
CACTI
6 letters
CACTUS
Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
TEASEL
Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
NETTLE
Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
7 letters
THISTLE
Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
8 letters
ACANTHUS
Any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
10 letters
SOWTHISTLE
Any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil