thorn
noun
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
thornless
-
a word derived from
thorn.
Example Sentences
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Department of Agriculture webinar in 2020 about Callery pears, including the two dozen thornless ornamental varieties sold since the 1960s.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
Department of Agriculture webinar in 2020 about Callery pears including the two dozen thornless ornamental varieties sold since the 1960s.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
There are thornless honey locusts, willowleaf spicebush, purple love grass and lilacs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2018
He said the thornless Black Diamond and Columbia Star blackberry varieties will be harvested even earlier.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
You may count me as bad as you choose,—only give me credit for the fatherly affection which would still make the path as easy and as thornless as I can for my poor daughter.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
