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▸ noun:  (sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
▸ noun:  The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
▸ noun:  A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
▸ noun:  A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
▸ noun:  The coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
▸ noun:  The dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
▸ noun:  The pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
▸ noun:  The pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
▸ noun:  (figuratively, colloquial) A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
▸ verb:  (transitive, also figuratively) To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.





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