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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.
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christ Thorn
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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