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crown-of-thorns
(redirected from Crown of Thorns (disambiguation))

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crown-of-thorns (krounv-thôrnz)
n.
1. A trailing or climbing spiny shrub (Euphorbia milii) native to Madagascar and cultivated as a houseplant, having showy flower clusters with usually red, petallike bracts.
2. The Christ's thorn.

crown-of-thorns
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a starfish, Acanthaster planci, that has a spiny test and feeds on living coral in coral reefs
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called Christ's thorn a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts


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