Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The poison-sting of the aculeate hymenopterous insects, as bees, wasps, etc. See Aculeata.
- n. In botany, a prickle; a slender, rigid, and pointed outgrowth from the bark or epidermis, as in the rose and blackberry, in distinction from a thorn, which grows from the wood.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
- n. A sting.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect
- n. a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
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