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† ˈpaliure Obs.
[ad. L. paliūrus, a. Gr. παλίουρος (Theophrastus).]
Name of a thorny shrub, prob. Paliurus aculeatus or Christ's-thorn.
1382Wyclif Micah vii. 4 He that is best in hem, is as a palyure [gloss, that is, a sharp bushe, or a thistil, or frijse; 1388 as a paluyre, marg. A paluyre is a tasil, ether a scharp buysch]. [1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi, Paliurus or Christ's-Thorn... Being common in Palestine, it is supposed to be the thorn with which our Saviour was crowned.] |