Meaning of Aculeus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses.
2. A sting.

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Examples

“Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles, as in rose and barberry, which are formed from the outer bark of the plant; or spinæ, thorns […].”

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