Meaning of "Christ's-thorn" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF CHRIST'S-THORN

Christ's-thorn

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHRIST'S-THORN

Christ's-Thorn is a noun.

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WHAT DOES CHRIST'S-THORN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paliurus spina-christi

Paliurus spina-christi, commonly known as Jerusalem Thorn, Garland Thorn, Christ's Thorn, or Crown of Thorns, is a species of Paliurus native to the Mediterranean region and southwest and central Asia, from Morocco and Spain east to Iran and Tajikistan. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 3–4 m tall. The shoots are zig-zagged, with a leaf and two stipular spines on the outside of each kink. The leaves are oval, 2–5 cm long and 1–4 cm broad, glossy green, with an entire margin. The fruit is a dry woody nutlet centred in a circular wing 2–3.5 cm diameter. The name reflects an old legend that the spiny branches were used to make the crown of thorns placed on Christ's head before his crucifixion. It is viewed as an ornamental curiosity and is cultivated in some areas spreading its range, including Fiji.

Definition of Christ's-thorn in the English dictionary

The definition of Christ's-thorn in the dictionary is any of several rhamnaceous plants of SW Asia, such as Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube, that have thorny stems and are popularly believed to have been used for Christ's Crown of Thorns.

TRANSLATION OF CHRIST'S-THORN

Find out the translation of Christ's-thorn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Christ's-thorn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Christ's-thorn» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: Christ´s刺
• Translator English - Spanish: Christ´s - espina
• English: Christ´s-thorn
• Translator English - Hindi: Christ´s - कांटा
• Translator English - Arabic: Christ´s - شوكة
• Translator English - Russian: Christ´s колючка
• Translator English - Portuguese: Do Cristo - espinho
• Translator English - Bengali: Christ´s-কাঁটা
• Translator English - French: Christ´s -thorn
• Translator English - Malay: Christ´s-thorn
• Translator English - German: Christ´s - Dorn
• Translator English - Japanese: キリストノイバラ
• Translator English - Korean: Christ´s - 가시
• Translator English - Javanese: Christ´s-thorn
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Christ´s - gai
• Translator English - Tamil: Christ´s தரும் முள்ளால்
• Translator English - Marathi: ख्रिस्ताचे काटा
• Translator English - Turkish: Christ´s-diken
• Translator English - Italian: Christ´s - spina
• Translator English - Polish: Christ´s - cierń
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Christ´s колючка
• Translator English - Romanian: Lui Hristos - spin
• Translator English - Greek: Christ´s - αγκάθι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Christ´s - doring
• Translator English - Swedish: Christ´s - tagg
• Translator English - Norwegian: Christ´s - torn

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHRIST'S-THORN»

Discover the use of Christ's-thorn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Christ's-thorn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Crucifixion of Jesus: A Forensic Inquiry

Professor of Botany at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, indicated that the Christ's thorn is a northern Mediterranean species found on the southern border of Israel and to some extent in Samaria, but that it is not found today in Jerusalem or ...

Frederick T. Zugibe, 2005

The Crucifixion of Jesus, Completely Revised and Expanded: A ...

Professor of Botany at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, indicated that the Christ's thorn is a northern Mediterranean species found on the southern border of Israel and to some extent in Samaria, but that it is not found today in Jerusalem or ...

Frederick T. Zugibe, 2005

The Naturalist

Genus II. Paliurus. Christ's Thorn. Pentandria Trigynia. Of this genus we have only one hardy species, viz., (P. aculeatus,) or Christ's Thorn, (P. A. virgatus, of Don J a twiggy Christ's Thorn, we consider only a variation of (P. aculeatus, of Lam.

Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible

CommoN Names (CHrist's tHorN): Christ's-thorn (Eng.; USN); Farah Joli (Tur.; GEP); Paliure (Sp.; VAD); Samur (Arab.; Syria; GEP); Nscn. aCtivities (CHrist's tHorN): Anticathartic (f; FP2); Antiinflammatory (f; JLH); Astringent (f; FP2); Diuretic (f; ...

James A. Duke, 2007

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...

Origins: From paliouros, the ancient Greek name for Paliurus spina- christi Mill., Christ's thorn, or the great jujube, Ziziphus spina-christi, Latin paliurus for a plant, Christ's-thorn (Plinius), paliuraeus "covered with Christ's-thorn" (Plin- ius); see ...

Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999

Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum: or, The trees and ...

Z. albens Roxb., Agretlii ScMuIt., Ktporiteru& Schult., capensis, Jujuba Lamb. ( flhamnus Jujuba L.) II. PALIITRUS L. A . 528 Christ's Thorn. Paliure, Porte- chapcau, Fr. 1. aculeatus Lam. A Asia pi. 66, 67. fig. 195. 527 The prickly Christ's Thorn.

John Claudius Loudon, 1844

Encyclopfdia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult ...

CHRIST'S THORN— To take a piece of songosongo (the plant Christ's thorn) into a town, will cause hail (Madagascar.) Christ's thorn is a Palestine shrub of the buckthorn family, with long and sharp thorns; it is so called from a belief that ...

Cora Linn Daniels, C. M. Stevans, 2003

Tree Lore

33 CHRIST'S THORN Considerable legendary interest attaches to the tree Paliurus aculeatus, commonly called the Paliurus or Christ's Thorn, because, as the plant was believed to grow in Judaea (at the time of the crucifixion of our Saviour) ...

Francis George Heath, 2012

A Classification of Palaearctic Habitats

... lilac chasm thickets 31.8B325 Apuseni Syringa josikaea thickets 31.8B33 Moesian Christ's thorn brush 31.8B4 Aegean deciduous thickets 31.8B5 Eastern Mediterranean deciduous thickets 31.8B6 Mediterraneo-Euxinian deciduous thickets ...

Pierre Devilliers, Jean Devilliers-Terschuren, 1996

Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and ...

528 Christ's Thorn. Palhtre, Portt-chapcau, Fr. 1. aculeatus ham. A Asia pi. 66, 67. fig. 195. 527 The prickly Christ's Thorn. P. pitasus Dum. P. austrdlis Gzertn. P. vulgaris D. Don. Mhdmnus Valiums L. Zizyphus Valiums Willd. Christ's Thorn, or ...

John Claudius Loudon, 1838

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHRIST'S-THORN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Christ's-thorn is used in the context of the following news items.

Israel's Forest of Yatir to expand over Bedouin village

... tamarisk, Christ's-thorn jujube, carob, pistachio, olive, fig and acacia. And now it is set for a significant expansion over the Bedouin village of ... «The Ecologist, Jun 15»

Want an authentic African safari? Head to Abu Dhabi

The hills are peppered with frankincense trees, agave, Christ's-thorn and citrus. If you don't want to go on safari by Toyota, you can saddle up at ... «Spear's WMS, May 14»