1. Subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces 
2. Resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points
   "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards"
   - slivery

See also: breakable, splinter

• genus Arum
• genus Arundinaria
• genus Arundo
• genus Arvicola
• genus Asarum
• genus Ascaphus
• genus Ascaridia
• genus Ascaris
• genus Asclepias
• genus Ascophyllum
• genus Asimina
• genus Asio
• genus Aspalathus
• genus Asparagus
• genus Aspergillus
• genus Asperula
• genus Asphodeline
• genus Asphodelus
• genus Aspidelaps
• genus Aspidiotus
• genus Aspidistra
• genus Aspidophoroides
• genus Aspis
• genus Asplenium
• genus Astacus