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jerusalem thorn   (TTS Sound)

The noun jerusalem thorn has 4 senses

• Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi -- (thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit)


• jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba -- (spiny tree having dark red edible fruits)


• Jerusalem thorn, horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata -- (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)


• catechu, Jerusalem thorn, Acacia catechu -- (East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu)