Christ's thorn

Christ's thorn

English

Etymology

From the legend that its thorns were used in the persecution of Jesus Christ.

Noun

Christ's thorn (plural Christ's thorns)

1. Paliurus spina-christi, a deciduous shrub or small tree of the Mediterranean and parts of Asia, with spiny shoots.

Synonyms

• garland thorn
• Jerusalem thorn

Translations

tree

Armenian: ժանտափուշ (hy) (žantapʿuš), ցաքի (hy) (cʿakʿi), փշենի (pʿšeni) Aromanian: pãljur Bulgarian: дра́ка (bg) (dráka) Italian: marruca

Latin: paliurus Romanian: păliur (ro) Russian: держи́де́рево (ru) (deržídérevo), палиу́рус христо́ва колю́чка (paliúrus xristóva koljúčka) Tagalog: karanda