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
I ploughed my way through deep sand, or stepped from boulder to boulder, or crushed through miles of sea-holly and prickly shrub.
From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen
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
She looked down at the chain of great jewels, and the fragment of prickly shrub with its poppy-shaped yellow flower.
From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Post, Melville Davisson
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
