Spiny shrub
The crossword clue "Spiny shrub" is answered by GORSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1953. 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
GORSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GORSE answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1953. 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.
- BOXBRIER (1 uses in xd)
- FURZE (1 uses in xd)
- THORNBUSH (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GORSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by GORSE, most used first.
- Furze - used 20 times, most recently in 2006
- Prickly shrub - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- "Poison" shrub - SUMAC, used 46 times
- Prickly shrub - BRIAR, used 30 times
- Spiny plants - CACTI, used 27 times
- Fragrant shrub - LILAC, used 24 times
- Medicinal shrub - SENNA, used 22 times
- Evergreen shrub - ERICA, used 16 times
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