barbed vs spinose

barbed

adj
  • Having barbs 

  • Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. 

  • Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals). 

  • Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. 

spinose

adj
  • Having spines 

How often have the words barbed and spinose occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )