Prickly plant
The crossword clue "Prickly plant" is answered by CACTUS, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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CACTUS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CACTUS answer page.
Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CACTUS
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- Desert plant - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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- Prickly plant - TEASEL, used 17 times
- Prickly plant - NETTLE, used 15 times
- Medicinal plant - IPECAC, used 13 times
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