Thorn

A thorn was a spiny projection used as a defense mechanism by plants.
While most thorns grew on the body of plants, some plants contained thorns within their flowers, and shot them at passers-by. Plants with thorns of this kind included the pod plants of Gamma Trianguli VI and a plant once kept in Lab 4005 aboard the . (, )
When Captain James T. Kirk brought Miranda Jones to the arboretum of the , she pricked her finger on the thorn of a rose. When Jones left the Enterprise, Kirk presented her with another rose. She asked, "I suppose it has thorns?", and Kirk replied, "I never knew a rose that didn't." ()
In 2269, Hikaru Sulu initially attributed his pain upon touching a Retlaw plant to a thorn, when in reality, it had bitten him. ()
The thorns of the predatory vine on Surata IV contained microbes which infected an individual. ()
== See also ==
* Spine
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Category:Anatomy
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