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prickle


1.  any prickly burr, including bindi-eyes (or jo-jos) and double-gees (or three-corner jacks).
2.  (specifically) the bindi-eye (as opposed to double-gees).
Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] Prickles are bindiis - the prickly things in the lawn. In NSW they are called bindiis, but in Vic they are called prickles. Not sure about elsewhere. "The lawn at Nana's is full of prickles."

Contributor's comments: [Geraldton, WA informant] [A bindy is a] prickle or doublegee: "Watch out - the grass is full of bindies".

Contributor's comments: In Perth and most of WA (don't know about the far north though), a prickle is any of those ouchy things you stand on in the grass. Specific kinds of prickles are called bindis, jo-jos, double-gees, etc., but they are all prickles.

Contributor's comments: [Brisbane informant] Another name for bindi-eye: "Watch out for the prickles!" OR "Ow - I've got a prickle in my toe."

Contributor's comments: In Brisbane these were always 'bindis' or 'bindi-eyes'. In Melbourne I don't remember hearing anything other than 'prickles'.

Contributor's comments: We also had prickle bushes in the hills outside Perth. I'm not sure what species they were but their flat leaves had spiky edges and gave you a prick if you brushed them - hence we called them prickle bushes.

Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] Sharp burr found in grass: "I walked accross the grass and got a prickle in my foot."