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- Dictionarythorn/THôrn/
noun
- 1. a stiff, sharp-pointed, straight or curved woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant.
- 2. a thorny bush, shrub, or tree, especially a hawthorn.
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a small, sharp, pointed growth on the stem of a plant:
The meaning of THORN is a sharp rigid process on a plant; especially : one that is a short, indurated, sharp-pointed, and leafless modified stem.
THORN meaning: 1. a small, sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plant 2. a small, sharp pointed growth on the…. Learn more.
A thorn is a sharp spike that protrudes from the stem of a plant. Roses are famous for having the sweetest fragrance and the sharpest thorns. Literal thorns, found on bushes and other plants, serve to protect plants from animals that might like to eat them.
Thorn definition: a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.. See examples of THORN used in a sentence.
anything that keeps troubling, vexing, or irritating one, like a constantly pricking thorn. : usually in the phrase thorn in one's side (or flesh) 4. a rune in the Old English and Old Norse alphabets (þ), used to represent the voiced or voiceless apicodental fricative.
1. Botany. a. A modified branch in the form of a sharp woody structure. b. Any of various other sharp protuberances, such as a spine. c. Any of various shrubs, trees, or woody plants bearing such sharp structures. 2. Any of various sharp protuberances on an animal. 3. One that causes sharp pain, irritation, or discomfort: He is a thorn in my side.
a person or thing that repeatedly annoys somebody or stops them from doing something. See thorn in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: thorn. Definition of thorn noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
THORN definition: a small, sharp point on the stem of a plant. Learn more.
thorn meaning, definition, what is thorn: a sharp point that grows on the stem of ...: Learn more.
