Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles, as in rose and barberry, which are formed from the outer bark of the plant; or spinæ, thorns […].
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Aculeus
//əˈkjuː.lɪ.əs//
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Catalan
1 entries- aculi noun (prickle growing on the bark)
Portuguese
1 entries- acúleo noun (prickle growing on the bark)
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