acanaceous

English

Adjective

acanaceous (not comparable)

1. (very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
   • 1921, William Dudley Pelley, The Fog: A Novel, page 276:

     But in addition, Johnathan, as the mocked parent, intended to see that the bed was as hard, knotty and acanaceous as the father knew how to make it.