thornletn.
/ˈθɔːnlɪt/ 1. A diminutive thorn-bush.
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1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End xii. 419 The Rifle Corps fired a volley over the consecrated thornlet.
2. A minute thorn.
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1882 Sladen in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 16 201 The spinelets..appear like well-developed thornlets.
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