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Jerusalem thorn Common

Jerusalem thorn has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

2

spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

3

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

4

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

5

The shrub Paliurus spina-christi, native to the Eastern Hemisphere.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shrub acacia
Rhyming Words
orn born horn gorn korn morn lorn sorn worn norn dorn xorn torn corn forn zorn quorn aborn unorn bjorn
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