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English Dictionary: prickly heat by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prickly heat
n
  1. obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity
    Synonym(s): prickly heat, heat rash, miliaria
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
      Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
      prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
  
      {Prickly ash} (Bot.), a prickly shrub ({Xanthoxylum
            Americanum}) with yellowish flowers appearing with the
            leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic.
            The southern species is {X. Carolinianum}. --Gray.
  
      {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
            red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
            the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
            glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
            hot weather.
  
      {Prickly pear} (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
            cactaceous genus {Opuntia}, American plants consisting of
            fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
            joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
            many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
            large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
            The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
            {Opuntia vulgaris}. In the South and West are many others,
            and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {O.
            vulgaris}, {O. Ficus-Indica}, and {O. Tuna} are abundantly
            introduced in the Mediterranean region, and {O. Dillenii}
            has become common in India.
  
      {Prickly pole} (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
            Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
            of long black prickles.
  
      {Prickly withe} (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
            ({Cereus triangularis}) having prickly, slender, climbing,
            triangular stems.
  
      {Prickly rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of South
            American burrowing rodents belonging to {Ctenomys} and
            allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
            spines.
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