noun
1. thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
• Syn: ↑Christ's-thorn, ↑Paliurus spina-christi
• Member Holonyms: ↑Paliurus, ↑genus Paliurus
2. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
• Syn: ↑jujube, ↑jujube bush, ↑Christ's-thorn, ↑Ziziphus jujuba
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ziziphus, ↑genus Ziziphus
• Part Meronyms: ↑jujube, ↑Chinese date, ↑Chinese jujube
3. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
• Syn: ↑catechu, ↑Acacia catechu
• Hypernyms: ↑acacia
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Acacia
• Substance Meronyms: ↑black catechu, ↑catechu
4. 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
• Syn: ↑horsebean, ↑Parkinsonia aculeata
• Member Holonyms: ↑Parkinsonia, ↑genus Parkinsonia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.