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Topic: PLANTS

thorny

 adjective
     
thorn‧y
1

a thorny question/problem/issue etc

a question etc that is complicated and difficult:
the thorny question of immigration policy
2HBP a thorny bush, plant etc has thorns
—thorniness noun [uncountable]
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