Christ's thorn

English

Etymology

From the legend that its thorns were used in the persecution of Jesus Christ.

Noun

Christ's thorn (plural Christ's thorns)

1. Paliurus spina-christi, a deciduous shrub or small tree of the Mediterranean and parts of Asia, with spiny shoots.

Synonyms

• garland thorn
• Jerusalem thorn

Translations

tree

• Armenian: ժանտափուշ (hy) (žantapʻuš), ցաքի (hy) (cʻakʻi), փշենի (pʻšeni)
• Aromanian: pãljur
• Azerbaijani: qaratikan
• Bulgarian: дра́ка (bg) (dráka)
• Catalan: espinavessa
• Greek:

  Ancient: παλίουρος m or f (palíouros)

• Italian: marruca
• Latin: paliurus
• Romanian: păliur (ro)
• Russian: держи́де́рево (ru) (deržídérevo), палиу́рус христо́ва колю́чка (paliúrus xristóva koljúčka)
• Spanish: espina santa f
• Swedish: kristi törne n, kristitörne (sv) n
• Tagalog: karanda