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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
thorned en · ADJ
Meanings
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Containing thorns.
In its native form the branches of the honey locust are thorned and bear seed pods up to a foot long.
1990 January 19, James Krohe Jr., “Green Streets”, in Chicago Reader:Near-synonym: spined
A prickly bindweed (the Smilax Sarsaparilla) forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves.
1914, John Symonds, Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete:In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female.
1863, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863:
Forms
Antonyms
spineless · thornless
Coordinates
barbed
Synonyms
spined · thorny
thorned en · VERB
Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of thorn