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Definition of: Christ's-thorn
(krīsts′thôrn′) noun
1. A Palestinian shrub of the buckthorn family (Paliurus spinacristi), with long sharp thorns: so called from a belief that Christ′s crown of thorns was made of it: also called Jew's-thorn.
2. The jujube.
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