prickly

Having prickles.

Prickling or tingling or smarting.

Causing trouble or vexation; thorny.

Bristling or irritable.

Full of sharp points or prickles; armed with prickles: as, a prickly shrub.

Pricking or stinging; noting the sensation of being pricked or stung.

Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles.

a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather.

a name given to several plants of the cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others, and in tropical America more than a hundred more. Opuntia vulgaris, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.