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CHRIST'S-THORN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

Synonyms:

Christ's-thorn; Jerusalem thorn; jujube; jujube bush; Ziziphus jujuba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Christ's-thorn" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "Christ's-thorn"):

Chinese date; Chinese jujube; jujube (dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees)

Holonyms ("Christ's-thorn" is a member of...):

genus Ziziphus; Ziziphus (spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

Synonyms:

Christ's-thorn; Jerusalem thorn; Paliurus spina-christi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Christ's-thorn" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Christ's-thorn" is a member of...):

genus Paliurus; Paliurus (thorny Eurasian shrubs)

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