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• Christ thorn (noun)
  1. somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
• Christ's-thorn (noun)
  1. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
  2. thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
• Jerusalem thorn (noun)
  1. large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
  2. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
• Mysore thorn (noun)
  1. spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers
• cockspur thorn (noun)
  1. eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns
• common thorn apple (noun)
  1. intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
• evergreen thorn (noun)
  1. evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe
• hedge thorn (noun)
  1. south African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging
• parsley-leaved thorn (noun)
  1. southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves
• thorn apple (noun)
  1. any of several plants of the genus Datura
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