Christ's-thorn

Christ's-thorn

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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

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Noun	1.	Christ's-thorn - thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems genus Paliurus, Paliurus - thorny Eurasian shrubs
	2.	Christ's-thorn - spiny tree having dark red edible fruits jujube, jujube bush, Ziziphus jujuba, Jerusalem thorn Chinese date, Chinese jujube, jujube - dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems genus Ziziphus, Ziziphus - spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes