[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

thorny \thorn"y\, a. compar. thornier; superl. thorniest.
   cf. as. thornorniht.
   1. full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a
      thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
      1913 webster

   2. like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome;
      vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "the thorny point of
      bare distress." --shak.
      1913 webster

            the steep and thorny way to heaven.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   thorny rest-harrow bot., rest-harrow.

   thorny trefoil, a prickly plant of the genus fagonia
      fagonia cretica, etc..
      1913 webster
see also:
thornier thorniest thorny rest-harrow thorny trefoil fagonia fagonia cretica 

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