Main entry: barbed, barbellate, thorny, setaceous, setose, spiny, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly
Definition: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Usage: a horse with a short bristly mane; bristly shrubs; burred fruits; setaceous whiskers
Main entry: thorny
Definition: bristling with perplexities
Usage: the thorny question of states' rights