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Definition of Christ plant
1. Noun. Somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts.
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christ Plant
Literary usage of Christ plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evangelical Christendom: Christian Work and the News of the Churches by Evangelical Alliance (1851)
"... and its mysterious monogram, upon the loftiest point of the Roman Capitol—so
certainly will the Lord Jesus Christ plant His imperial Standard in the ..."
2. The parables of our Lord by Marcus Dods (1883)
"What did Christ plant that no one else has planted ? What is it that keeps Him
in undying remembrance, and gathers from each new generation fresh subjects ..."
3. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church. With Two by Joseph Bingham (1856)
"For thou, О God Almighty, didst by Christ plant paradise in Eden towards the
east, adorning it with all kinds of plants meet for food, and placing man ..."
4. Family prayers by Edward Bickersteth (1856)
"The same blessings we ask for all that in every land have this day heard the
words of Christ; plant those words everywhere, as in good ground, ..."
5. The True Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist: As Instituted in Scripture, and by James Taylor (1855)
"Thou, O Almighty God, didst also by Thy Christ, plant a garden eastward in Eden,
adorned with every plant that was fit for food; into this Thou didst put ..."
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