thornery

noun

thornery

noun

Etymology From thorn + -ery.

1

Dated, Rare A plantation of thorny plants.

An acre laid out as a thornery would form an interesting episode to the general scenery of a pleasure-ground.1828, John Claudius Loudon, The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement:

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