3. Of plants: Stemmed, spiked. In combinations, as high-spired, sharp-spired.
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1834 W. BeckfordItaly; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. 263 Above the hut, their appearance was truly formidable, bristled over with sharp-spired dwarf aloes.
1838 M. HowittBirds & Flowers 65 I love sweet flowers of every sort, High-spired or trailing low.