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Jerusalem thorn

n.

A spiny tropical American tree (Parkinsonia aculeata) having clusters of yellow flowers, green branches, and bipinnately compound leaves.

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Noun	1.	Jerusalem thorn - thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems genus Paliurus, Paliurus - thorny Eurasian shrubs
	2.	Jerusalem thorn - spiny tree having dark red edible fruits jujube, jujube bush, Ziziphus jujuba, Christ's-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
	3.	Jerusalem thorn - large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States Parkinsonia aculeata, horsebean genus Parkinsonia, Parkinsonia - small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	4.	Jerusalem thorn - East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu Acacia catechu, catechu genus Acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia black catechu, catechu - extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally