acanaceous
1acanaceous — /ak ə nāˈshəs/ (botany) adjective Prickly ORIGIN: L acanus a kind of thistle, from Gr akanos, from akē a point …
2acanaceous — adjective Of or pertaining to something bearing prickles or thistles; something prickly …
3bristly — Synonyms and related words: acanaceous, aculeolate, barbellate, brambly, briery, bristled, bristling, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, glochidiate, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, muricate, pilose, pricking, prickly,… …
4prickly — Synonyms and related words: acanaceous, acanthoid, aciculate, aculeate, aculeolate, agitable, allergic, anaphylactic, annoying, atingle, bad tempered, barbed, bothersome, brambly, briery, bristly, cantankerous, complex, complicated, contentious,… …
5stinging — Synonyms and related words: acanaceous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, aculeolate, acute, afflictive, agonizing, asperous, astringent, atrocious, biting, bitter, brambly, briery, brisk, bristly,… …
6thorny — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, abstruse, acanaceous, acanthoid, aciculate, aculeolate, arduous, barbed, barbellate, brambly, briery, bristly, brutal, complex, complicated, controversial, critical, delicate, demanding, difficile, difficult …
