Usually means: Prickly shrub used for barriers.
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  1. hedge thorn: Vocabulary.com
  2. hedge-thorn: Wordnik
  3. hedge thorn: Dictionary.com
  4. hedge thorn: Rhymezone
  5. hedge thorn: FreeDictionary.org
  6. hedge thorn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. hedge thorn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging


Opposite:
smooth, thornless, prickless

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Opposite:
smooth, thornless, prickless




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