christ's-thorn

2 definitions found

christ's-thorn - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Christ's-thorn \Christ's-thorn`\, n. (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.
     [1913 Webster]

christ's-thorn - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Christ's-thorn
      n 1: thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit [syn:
           Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina- christi
           ]
      2: spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn: jujube,
         jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus   jujuba
         ]