Covered with sharp points. / Easily irritated. / Difficult; complicated; (figuratively) hairy or thorny.

(colloquial) Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.

In a prickly manner.

The state or quality of being prickly.

plural of prickly

plural of prickliness

Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia. / The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.

miliaria

Any of a number of trees and shrubs in the genus Zanthoxylum containing Sichuan pepper and the American Midwest invasive species. / Aralia spinosa, a plant native to eastern North America

plural of prickly ash