genus Paliurus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Paliurus - thorny Eurasian shrubs Paliurusdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationbuckthorn family, family Rhamnaceae, Rhamnaceae - trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal valueChrist's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi - thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit