Long, lance-shaped, deeply cleft, sharply pointed, and prickly dark green leaves make the ascent almost unendurable; nevertheless, the ant bravely mounts to where the bristle-pointed, overlapping scales of the deep green cup hold the luscious flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference

As bristle-pointed as a thorny wood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great] Reference