Jerusalem thorn

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noun

1. thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
• Syn:
Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi
• Hypernyms:
shrub, bush
• Member Holonyms:
Paliurus, genus Paliurus
2. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
• Syn:
jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Ziziphus jujuba
• Hypernyms:
shrub, bush
• Member Holonyms:
Ziziphus, genus Ziziphus
• Part Meronyms:
jujube, Chinese date, Chinese jujube
3. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods;
source of black catechu
• Syn:
catechu, Acacia catechu
• Hypernyms:
acacia
• Member Holonyms:
genus Acacia
• Substance Meronyms:
black catechu, catechu
4. 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
• Syn:
horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata
• Hypernyms:
shrub, bush
• Member Holonyms:
Parkinsonia, genus Parkinsonia