Prickly desert plant Crossword Clue

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Prickly desert plant Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PRICKLY (adjective)
1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
2. very irritable
PLANT (noun)
1. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
2. buildings for carrying on industrial labor
PLANT (verb)
1. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
2. put firmly in the mind

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