Christ's-thorn

Christ's-thorn

n (Plants) any of several rhamnaceous plants of SW Asia, such as Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube, that have thorny stems and are popularly believed to have been used for Christ's Crown of Thorns

Christ's′-thorn`

n. any of various 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; translation of Latin spīna Chrīstī]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Christ's-thorn - thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruitJerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christibush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stemsgenus Paliurus, Paliurus - thorny Eurasian shrubs
	2.	Christ's-thorn - spiny tree having dark red edible fruitsjujube, jujube bush, Ziziphus jujuba, Jerusalem thornChinese date, Chinese jujube, jujube - dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn treesbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stemsgenus Ziziphus, Ziziphus - spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes