prickly shrub
Example Sentences
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As she lowered herself to the ground, a prickly shrub grazed her thigh, and she jumped like a shot to her feet.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2011
Gorse, gors, n. a prickly shrub growing on waste places, the furze or whin.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
It is a prickly shrub, severe enough, but nothing to compare to catbriars, or even to the hollies of Southern Jersey.—H.W.H.
From The Dog by Dinks
After three hours they reached a plain of alternating sand and rocks, where nothing grew except some prickly shrub.
From The Valley of the Kings by Pickthall, Marmaduke William
A common defence against these unwelcome intruders is to cover the roofs with a certain prickly shrub, the thorns of which command respect even from monkeys.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
