Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The poison-sting of the aculeate hymenopterous insects, as bees, wasps, etc. See
Aculeata . - noun In botany, a prickle; a slender, rigid, and pointed outgrowth from the bark or epidermis, as in the rose and blackberry, in distinction from a thorn, which grows from the wood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
- noun (Zoöl.) A sting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
prickle growing on thebark , as in somebrambles androses . - noun A
sting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect
- noun a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
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