rose thorns
Flower's sharp defense
The sharp, stiff projections on rose stems, technically called prickles.
Rose thorns are proverbial for the idea that beauty comes with pain or difficulty: Every rose has its thorns.
They appear in metaphors about hidden dangers or the price of pursuing something desirable: He learned the hard way about the rose thorns in that relationship.
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- sharp pointTapered piercing terminus
- stemPlant's central axis
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
pricked · bleeding · finger · handle with care · garden · pain · scratch · spike · bramble · flower · protective · barb · hedge · wound · defense · cane · grab · pierce
rose thornsrose petals
Detached flower segments
petals · flower petals · blossoms · rose fragrance · blooms
rose thornssilk
Fine woven insect fiber
down · smoothness · feathers · cotton · lamb's wool
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