1914, John Symonds, Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete:
A prickly bindweed (the Smilax Sarsaparilla) forms a feature in the near landscape, with its creamy odoriferous blossoms, coral berries, and glossy thorned leaves.
1863, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863:
In these we always find that the thorned holly is spoken of as male, and the Ivy as female.
1990 January 19, James Krohe Jr., “Green Streets”, in Chicago Reader:
In its native form the branches of the honey locust are thorned and bear seed pods up to a foot long.