noun
1. thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
• Syn: ↑Jerusalem thorn, ↑Paliurus spina-christi
• Member Holonyms: ↑Paliurus, ↑genus Paliurus
2. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
• Syn: ↑jujube, ↑jujube bush, ↑Jerusalem thorn, ↑Ziziphus jujuba
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ziziphus, ↑genus Ziziphus
• Part Meronyms: ↑jujube, ↑Chinese date, ↑Chinese jujube
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\\ˈkrīs(t)+, -īs(t)s+\ noun (plural christ's-thorns)Usage: usually capitalized C
: any of several prickly or thorny shrubs of Palestine (especially the shrub Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube Ziziphus jujuba)
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/kruysts"thawrn'/, n.
any 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.
[1555-65; trans. of L spina Christi]
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Christ'sˈ-thorn noun
Any of several prickly shrubs, eg Paliurus spina-christi of the family Rhamnaceae, common in the Mediterranean region, or a kind of jujube tree (Zizyphus spina-christi), from which Christ's crown of thorns is thought to have been made
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Main Entry: ↑Christ
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Christ's-thorn «KRYSTS THRN», noun.
any one of several Palestinian thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have formed Christ's crown of thorns, as the common jujube.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.