Prickle

Prickle [ Botany ]
Adjective: Prickly

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	A prickle is a superficial spine-like hard, pointed outgrowth derived from the bark or epidermis of a plant, involving several layers of cells, but not containing a vascular system. Prickles are easily broken off a plant. Roses have prickles.

Compare whit: Spine, Thorns, Bristle, Glochid

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