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Meaning of JERUSALEM THORN

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
  2. [n]  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
  3. [n]  spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
  4. [n]  thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
 
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 Synonyms: Acacia catechu, catechu, Christ's-thorn, horsebean, jujube, jujube bush, Paliurus spina-christi, Parkinsonia aculeata, Ziziphus jujuba
 
 See Also: acacia, black catechu, bush, Chinese date, Chinese jujube, genus Acacia, genus Paliurus, genus Parkinsonia, genus Ziziphus, Paliurus, Parkinsonia, shrub, Ziziphus

 

 

 

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