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Christ's_thorn

Christ's thorn

English

Noun

Christ 's thorn ‎(plural Christ's thorns)

Paliurus spina-christi, a deciduous shrub or small tree of the Mediterranean and parts of Asia, with spiny shoots.

Synonyms

Jerusalem thorn

Translations

tree

Armenian: ժանտափուշ (hy) ‎(žantapʿuš), ցաքի (hy) ‎(cʿakʿi), փշենի ‎(pʿšeni)
Aromanian: pãljur
Bulgarian: дра́ка (bg) ‎(dráka)
Italian: marruca
Latin: paliurus

Romanian: păliur (ro)
Russian: держи́де́рево (ru) ‎(deržídérevo), палиу́рус христо́ва колю́чка ‎(paliúrus xristóva koljúčka)
Tagalog: karanda