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kolec — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • prickle noun A small sharp point on something, often a plant, such as a thorn.
  • prong noun One of the thin, pointed parts that stick out from something like a fork or an antler.
  • spike noun A large, pointed piece of metal, or anything shaped like one.
  • spine noun The column of bones running down the back, from the head down to the tail or pelvis, that protects the spinal cord and holds up the chest and abdomen.
  • thorn noun A sharp, hard, pointed growth on a plant stem or branch.

Senses

kolec is used for these senses in English:

  • prickle A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
  • prong A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
  • spine (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
  • thorn (botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.

prickle — full definition

  1. noun A small sharp point on something, often a plant, such as a thorn.
  2. noun A sharp, hard outgrowth from the outer layers (cortex and epidermis) of certain plants, for example roses, which is not the same thing as a thorn.
  3. noun A slight stinging or tingling feeling on the skin.
  4. noun A basket woven from willow.

prong — full definition

  1. noun One of the thin, pointed parts that stick out from something like a fork or an antler.
  2. noun A part that splits off, like a branch or a fork in something.
  3. noun A tool used on a farm with long pointed spikes, also called a fork.
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