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1. Thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
   - Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi
    
2. 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
   - horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata
    
3. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
   - catechu, Acacia catechu
    
4. Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
   - jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Ziziphus jujuba

Derived forms: Jerusalem thorns

Type of: acacia, bush, shrub

Part of: genus Acacia, genus Paliurus, genus Parkinsonia, genus Ziziphus, Paliurus, Parkinsonia, Ziziphus

Encyclopedia: Jerusalem thorn