资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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 {Z. vulgaris}. The last bears the fruit
called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most
readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Christ's-thorn
n 1: thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit [syn: {Jerusalem
thorn}, {Paliurus spina-christi}]
2: spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn: {jujube}, {jujube
bush}, {Jerusalem thorn}, {Ziziphus jujuba}]