CHRIST'S-THORN


Meaning of CHRIST'S-THORN in English

/kruysts"thawrn'/ , n.

any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba.

[ 1555-65; trans. of L spina Christi ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .