pricklybush
nounUK /ˈprɪk.li.bʊʃ/
US /ˈprɪk.li.bʊʃ/
A pricklybush is a bush that has sharp points on it.
The rabbit hid under the pricklybush so the fox could not reach it.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Any dense shrub with spines that grows in dry or wild places.
We walked carefully around the pricklybush on the trail.
3. A troublesome or difficult situation that is hard to get out of.
Sorting out the mess was a real pricklybush.
4. A person who is easily annoyed and hard to get close to.
Her grumpy neighbor is a bit of a pricklybush.