knotty
adjective/ˈnɒti/
/ˈnɑːti/
(comparative knottier, superlative knottiest)
- complicated and difficult to solve synonym thorny
- a knotty problem
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- having parts that are hard and twisted together
- the knotty roots of the old oak tree
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