Spot the Frippet: something aculeate.

Aculeate: a spiky, dance-of-the-tongue word. This makes sense, because for something to be aculeate it must be able to cut or stab. 

It could describe a rose bush:


photo by Rangbaz

 the hedgehog snuffling around underneath it:


photo by Hrald

 the knife used to cut a bloom:


photo by Victor M. Vicente Selvas

 or the bee hiding among the petals:

 
photo by Narellesg

and each, magically, assumes a new sharp elegance with the word. 

Spot the Frippet: something aculeate. This word especially describes bees, ants and wasps. It comes from the Latin acūleātus, from aculeus, which is a diminutive of acus, needle.