Prickly plants
The crossword clue "Prickly plants" is answered by BRIARS, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BRIARS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRIARS answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TEASELS (3 uses in xd)
- THISTLES (2 uses in xd)
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Marsh plants - SEDGES, used 26 times
- Soap plants - AMOLES, used 22 times
- Prickly plant - CACTUS, used 20 times
- Prickly plant - TEASEL, used 17 times
- Prickly plant - NETTLE, used 15 times
- Century plants - AGAVES, used 13 times
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