Definition of jerusalem thorn Jerusalem thorn
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What does jerusalem thorn mean?
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| jerusalem thorn - 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 | ||
| horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| jerusalem thorn - spiny tree having dark red edible fruits | ||
| jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| genus ziziphus, ziziphus spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes | ||
| jerusalem thorn - East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu | ||
| catechu, Jerusalem thorn, Acacia catechu | ||
| acacia any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia | ||
| genus acacia large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa | ||
| jerusalem thorn - thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit | ||
| Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
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