Christ's-thorn

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krīsts′thôrn′)


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Christ's-thorn  (krīsts′thôrn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba.
  • translation of Latin spīna Chrīstī 1555–65

'Christ's-thorn' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Jerusalem thorn

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