Usually means: Shrub with sharp, spiny branches.
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  1. thornbush: Merriam-Webster
  2. thornbush: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. thornbush: Wordnik
  4. thornbush: Wiktionary
  5. thornbush: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. thornbush: Dictionary.com
  7. thornbush: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thornbush)

▸ noun:  Any of many thorny or spiny shrubs and bushes.

Similar:
thornshrub, thorn, bramble, buckthorn, thornery, thorn apple, thornscrub, thorn-tree, thorn tree, prickerbush, more...

Opposite:
rose bush, smooth bush, non-thorny bush

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Similar:
thornshrub, thorn, bramble, buckthorn, thornery, thorn apple, thornscrub, thorn-tree, thorn tree, prickerbush, more...

Opposite:
rose bush, smooth bush, non-thorny bush



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