prickletn.
/ˈprɪklᵻt/, U.S. /ˈprɪklət/ Botany.
A short or slender prickle, esp. on the stem of a bramble.
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1858 A. Irvine Illustr. Handbk. Brit. Plants 635 R[ubus] scaber... Stem angular, furrowed with deflexed, very unequal prickles, intermixed with aciculi (pricklets) and setæ (glandular hairs).
1878 W. Ogle tr. A. J. Kerner Flowers iv. 76 The under side..being studded..with numerous sharp pricklets.
1948 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 75 104 Little understory palms, some of them devoid of prickles or pricklets.
1980 Watsonia 13 33 Rubus malvernicus... Stem low-arching.., with..numerous short to medium (to 1.5 mm) acicles and pricklets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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