christ's-thorn

Definition of Christ's-thorn in English :

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Noun

1. christ's-thorn, jerusalem thorn, paliurus spina-christi

thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

2. christ's-thorn, jerusalem thorn, jujube, jujube bush, ziziphus jujuba

spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Christ's-thorn

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noun

1.

a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts

2. another name for crown-of-thorns (sense 2)

noun

any of several rhamnaceous plants of SW Asia, such as Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube, that have thorny stems and are popularly believed to have been used for Christ's Crown of Thorns

Christ's-thorn

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noun

an Old World spiny shrub (Paliurus spina-christi) of the buckthorn family, supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns

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