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Jerusalem thorn

noun

Thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit. Synonyms: Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi.

Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits. Synonyms: Christ's-thorn, jujube, jujube bush, Ziziphus jujuba.

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. Synonyms: horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata.

East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu. Synonyms: Acacia catechu, catechu.

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Words linked to "Jerusalem thorn" : Ziziphus, Acacia catechu, genus Ziziphus, genus Paliurus, bush, Christ's-thorn, acacia, Chinese jujube, genus Parkinsonia, black catechu, Chinese date, jujube bush, shrub, Paliurus, genus Acacia, Parkinsonia