Definition of Christ thorn

1. Noun. Somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts.

Exact synonyms: Christ Plant, Crown Of Thorns, Euphorbia Milii
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Christ Thorn

Chrissie
Chrissie Evert
Chrissy
Christ
Christ's-thorn
Christ's Resurrection
Christ Within
Christ alive
Christ almighty
Christ child
Christ on a bike
Christ on a cracker
Christ plant
Christ the Redeemer
Christ thorn (current term)
Christa
Christabel
Christadelphian
Christadelphians
Christard
Christards
Christchurch
Christchurch chromosome
Christcross-row
Christendom
Christensen
Christensen-Krabbe disease
Christer
Christers

Literary usage of Christ thorn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"... spina-christi (Christ-thorn).—This tree averages 1(> feet or more in height, with a diameter of 1C to 24 inches. Its fruit, •bout the size of a hazelnut ..."

2. Poems by Edna Dean Proctor (1890)
"THE Christ-thorn rustles in the hedge, The chill wind sighs by ... Only the Christ-thorn in the hedge, The chill wind's sigh by ..."

3. The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political: With Descriptive Notices of His by George Hesekiel (1870)
"Not very happily has the double trefoil in the arms of the Bismarcks been identified with the Christ-thorn—as a proof of their ..."

4. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"The narrow-leaved Christ-thorn, a low shrub, which also grows further up the Terek, in the country of Nthe ..."

5. The Christian Science Journal by Mary Baker Eddy (1908)
"... 313 West 3d Street. Reading Room open dally, 2 to 5 PM 307 Cedar Avenue. LONGMONT, COL.—First Church of Christ, Thorn.—Services: 11 AM; Sunday School, ..."

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