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Christ's-thorn definition

Christ's·-thorn (krīsts′t̸hôrn′)

noun

an Old World spiny shrub (Paliurus spina-christi) of the buckthorn family, supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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