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\"\"<\/a>Short pointed woody structure derived from a reduced branch;<\/p>\n

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Often applied (wrongly) in a looser sense for any sharp structure on a branch.<\/p>\n

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A stiff, woody, modified stem with a sharp point.<\/p>\n

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A sharp-pointed, stiff, woody part of a plant; typically evolved from a branch (compare to \u201cprickle\u201d and \u201cspine\u201d).<\/p>\n

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A pointed shoot, sometimes this term is used interchangeably with spine.<\/p>\n

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A sharp-pointed woody structure, strictly speaking the tip of a modified branch or stem.<\/p>\n

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A short lateral branch with a sharp point, as in hawthorns (Crataegus) and firethorns (Pyracantha).<\/p>\n

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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 \u201cprickle\u201d and \u201cspine\u201d). 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