单词 | christs-thorn |
释义 | Christ's thorn in British English (kraɪsts θɔːn) noun 1. a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts 2. another name for crown-of-thorns (sense 2) Christ's-thorn in British Englishnoun any of several rhamnaceous plants of SW Asia, such as Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube, that have thorny stems and are popularly believed to have been used for Christ's Crown of Thorns Christ's-thorn in American English (ˈkraɪstsˌθɔrn) noun an Old World spiny shrub (Paliurus spina-christi) of the buckthorn family, supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns Definition of 'Christ's thorn' |
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