Christ's thorn


Christ's thorn

(krīsts) also Christ-thorn (krīst′thôrn′)n.1. Either of two similar and related Old World spiny shrubs (Ziziphus spina-christi or Paliurus spina-christi) popularly believed to have been used for Jesus's crown of thorns.2. Any of several other plants, such as the crown-of-thorns.