شَوْكٌ
1.
, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) of a tree, (Msb,) or of a plant, (TA,) Thorns, prickles, or spines; (PS, TK;) the kind of thing that is slender [or pointed] and hard in the head; (TA;) well known: (Msb, K:) n. un. with ة. (S, O, Msb, K, TA.) [Hence the saying,] لَا يَشُوكُكَ مِنِّى شَوْكَةٌ: see 1, near the beginning. [The شَوْك of the palm-tree are commonly called سُلَّاءٌ.] شَوْكُ السُّنْبُلِ [The sharp prickles that compose the awn, or beard, of the ear of corn]. (AHn, TA in article بهم.)
2.
[For other significations of شَوْكَةٌ, see this word below.]