jerusalem thorn

Noun
  1. Thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit (synset 113164535)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    belongs to: genus paliurus, paliurus - thorny Eurasian shrubs
    same as: christ's-thorn, paliurus spina-christi
  2. Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits (synset 113164062)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    belongs to: genus ziziphus, ziziphus - spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
    has: chinese date, chinese jujube, jujube - dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    same as: christ's-thorn, jujube, jujube bush, ziziphus jujuba
  3. 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 (synset 112518174)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    belongs to: genus parkinsonia, parkinsonia - small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees
    same as: horsebean, parkinsonia aculeata
  4. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods;
    Source of black catechu (synset 111777659)
    is a type of: acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
    belongs to: genus acacia - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa
    substance holonym: black catechu, catechu - extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally
    same as: acacia catechu, catechu

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