prickliness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

prickliness
    n 1: the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
         [syn: {prickliness}, {bristliness}, {spininess},
         {thorniness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Prickliness \Prick"li*ness\, n. [From {Prickly}.]
   The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.
   [1913 Webster]

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