aculeus

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses.

   “Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles, as in rose and barberry, which are formed from the outer bark of the plant; or spinæ, thorns […].”

2. isim A sting.