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Webster 1913 Edition
Christ's-thorn
Christ’s-thornˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in
Palestine
, especially the Paliurus aculeatus
, Zizyphus Spina-Christi
, and Zizyphus vulgaris
. The last bears the fruit called jujube
, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.