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prickle-pear
† ˈprickle-pear Obs. [f. prickle n.1 + pear n.; cf. prick-pear.] = prickly pear.1624 Capt. Smith Virginia v. 170 The Prickell-peare..growes like a shrub by the ground, with broad thick leaues, all ouer-armed with long and sharpe dangerous thornes. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. round World (1699) 222 Here are... Oxford English Dictionary
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prickly pear
prickly pear The name given to various species of the cactaceous genus Opuntia, prickly plants with pear-shaped fleshy edible fruit; also the fruit itself. Formerly also prick-pear, prickle-pear, prickled pear.1612 W. Strachey Trav. Virginia (1849) i. x. 119 Here is a cherry-redd fruict both within ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sun Valley, Los Angeles
History The former Tongva/Fernandeño (Native American) village in this area was called Wixánga, which comes from the word wixár (or "thorn" or "prickle Hence, Wixánga meant something like "place/canyon of the thorns" in English, in reference to the abundant prickly pear cacti naturally found in the area wikipedia.org
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Fauna of the Australian Capital Territory
They skeletonize the leaves of cherry, pear, plum or hawthorn trees. Other terrestrial gastropods are Oxychilus draparnaudi (Draparnaud's glass snail), Oxychilus alliarius (garlic glass-snail), Paralaoma caputspinulae (prickle wikipedia.org
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prick
▪ I. prick, n. (prɪk) Forms: 1 pric(c)a, price, (pryce), 2, 5–6 prike (5 pryke); 3–7 pricke, 4– prick (4–6 prikke, prik, 5 prykke, prikk, 5–7 pryck, -e, pryk). [OE. prica, pricca m., price f. = mod.Du. prik m. († prick Kilian) a sharp point or stick, prickle, etc.; LG. prik a dot, spot, point, prik,... Oxford English Dictionary
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List of folk songs by Roud number
"The Maid Freed from the Gallows" (Child 95), "The Prickle Holly Bush" 145. "Glasgerion", "Glenkindie" (Child 67) 146. "The Pear Tree" 1714. "Come All You Young Lovers", "The Rich Lady Gay" 1715. "Hopping Down in Kent" 1716. "The Colour of Amber" 1717. wikipedia.org
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