Thorny
Thorny , adjective
[Compare Anglo-Saxon þorniht.]
1.
Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
2.
Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
The thorny point of bare distress.
The steep and thorny way to heaven.
Collocations (2)
Thorny rest-harrow (Botany) , rest-harrow.
Thorny trefoil , a prickly plant of the genus Fagonia (Fagonia Cretica, etc.).