Short pointed woody structure derived from a reduced branch;
Often applied (wrongly) in a looser sense for any sharp structure on a branch.
A stiff, woody, modified stem with a sharp point.
A sharp-pointed, stiff, woody part of a plant; typically evolved from a branch (compare to “prickle” and “spine”).
A pointed shoot, sometimes this term is used interchangeably with spine.
A sharp-pointed woody structure, strictly speaking the tip of a modified branch or stem.
A short lateral branch with a sharp point, as in hawthorns (Crataegus) and firethorns (Pyracantha).