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Christ's-Thorn

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(n.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Christ's-Thorn'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/christs-thorn.html. 1828.
 
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