thorn : Idioms & Phrases

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Box thorn

  • a shrub (Lycium barbarum).
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Buckler thorn

  • a plant with seed vessels shaped like a buckler. See Christ's thorn.
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but-thorn

But"-thorn` noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).
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Camel's thorn

  • (Bot.), a low, leguminous shrub (Alhagi maurorum) of the Arabian desert, from which exudes a sweetish gum, which is one of the substances called manna.
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christ thorn

  • noun somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
    Christ plant; Christ thorn; Euphorbia milii.
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christ's-thorn

  • noun thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
    Christ's-thorn; Paliurus spina-christi.
  • noun spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
    Christ's-thorn; jujube; jujube bush; Ziziphus jujuba.
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Christ's-thorn` noun
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  1. (Bot.) 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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cockspur thorn

  • noun eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns
    cockspur hawthorn; Crataegus crus-galli.
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common thorn apple

  • noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
    jimsonweed; Jamestown weed; apple of Peru; jimson weed; Datura stramonium.
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crown of thorns

  • noun any affliction that causes great suffering
    cross.
    • that is his cross to bear
    • he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns
  • noun somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
    Christ plant; Christ thorn; Euphorbia milii.
  • noun a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion
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Egyptian thorn

  • (Bot.), a medium-sized tree (Acacia vera). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.
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evergreen thorn

  • noun evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe
    Crataegus oxyacantha.
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fire thorn

  • noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
    pyracanth; firethorn; Pyracantha.
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glasstonbury thorn

Glass"ton*bur*y thorn`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A variety of the common hawthorn. Loudon.
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Goat's thorn

  • (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant.
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hedge thorn

  • noun South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging
    Carissa bispinosa; natal plum.
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Jerusalem thorn

  • noun thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
    Christ's-thorn; Paliurus spina-christi.
  • noun spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
    Christ's-thorn; jujube; jujube bush; Ziziphus jujuba.
  • noun large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
    Parkinsonia aculeata; horsebean.
  • noun East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
    Acacia catechu; catechu.
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  • (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree (Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges.
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May thorn

  • the hawthorn.
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mysore thorn

  • noun spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers
    Caesalpinia decapetala; Caesalpinia sepiaria.
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Native orange, ∨ Orange thorn

  • (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow berries.
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parsley-leaved thorn

  • noun southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves
    Crataegus marshallii; Crataegus apiifolia; parsley haw.
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Sallow thorn

  • (Bot.), a European thorny shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) much like an Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.
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Scorpion's thorn

  • (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Genista Scorpius) of Southern Europe.
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Thorn apple

  • noun any of several plants of the genus Datura
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  • (Bot.), Jamestown weed.
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Thorn broom

  • (Bot.), a shrub that produces thorns.
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Thorn devil

  • . (Zoöl.) See Moloch, 2.
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Thorn hedge

  • a hedge of thorn-bearing trees or bushes.
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Thorn hopper

  • (Zoöl.), a tree hopper (Thelia cratægi) which lives on the thorn bush, apple tree, and allied trees.
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thorn-headed

Thorn"-head`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
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thorn-tipped

  • adjective satellite of a plant tipped with a thorn
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willow-thorn

Wil"low-thorn` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophaë rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
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