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Prickly shrub Crossword Clue

Last seen in: Wall Street Journal · 2026-10-26

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(noun)

  1. a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath
  2. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
  3. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
  4. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

(adjective satellite)

  1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
  2. very irritable

1 Potential Answers:

  • 99% match 5 letters
    BRIAR

    Prickly shrub (5)

    Wall Street Journal · Oct 26, 2026

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