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Dictionary definition for: Thorny

1. (s) bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states" rights"

2. (s) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane" "bristly shrubs" "burred fruits" "setaceous whiskers"

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