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1 épineux
épineux, -euse [epinø, øz]1. adjective[plante, problème] thorny ; [situation] tricky2. masculine noun* * *- euse epinø, øz adjectif [tige] prickly; [problème, situation] tricky; [question] vexed; [caractère] prickly* * *epinø, øz adj (-euse)thorny, prickly* * *épineux, - euse adj [tige] prickly, thorny; [problème] thorny, tricky; [question] vexed; [situation] tricky; [caractère] prickly, touchy.————————
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Prickly — Prick ly, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. [1913 Webster] {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prickly heat — Prickly Prick ly, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. [1913 Webster] {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prickly pear — Prickly Prick ly, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. [1913 Webster] {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prickly pole — Prickly Prick ly, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. [1913 Webster] {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prickly rat — Prickly Prick ly, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. [1913 Webster] {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prickly withe — Prickly Prick ly, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. [1913 Webster] {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prickly ash — (Bot.), 1. A prickly shrub ({Xanthoxylum Americanum}) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves; also called {toothache tree}. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is {Xanthoxylum Carolinianum}. Gray. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prickly ash — prick′ly ash′ n. pln a prickly shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, of the citrus family, having aromatic leaves • Etymology: 1700–10, amer … From formal English to slang
prickly ash — noun 1. any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑toothache tree, ↑sea ash, ↑Zanthoxylum americanum, ↑Zanthoxylum fraxineum, ↑Hercules club, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
prickly ash — Hercules club Hercules club, Hercules club Hercules club, Hercules club Hercules clubprop. n. 1. (Bot.) A densely spiny ornamental tree ({Zanthoxylum clava herculis}) of the rue family, growing in southeast U. S. and West Indies. [WordNet sense… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prickly ash — noun Date: 1709 a prickly aromatic North American shrub or small tree (Zanthoxylum americanum) of the rue family with yellowish flowers … New Collegiate Dictionary