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

In a prickly manner.

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

The state or quality of being prickly.

plural of prickliness

plural of prickly

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

plural of prickly pear

miliaria

An oak, Quercus coccifera, native to the western Mediterranean region and growing 1-6 meters tall.