Definiciones
1.NounA device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
2.NounThe names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
A coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
A dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
A pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
A pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
3.NounA flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
4.NounA flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
5.NounA coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
6.NounA dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
7.NounA pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
8.NounA pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
9.NounA person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections."Insulin-dependent diabetics are human pincushions."
10.VerbTo jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion."The target was pincushioned with arrows."
11.VerbTo assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.