Lexic.us

Definition of Jerusalem thorn

1. Noun. Thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit.

2. Noun. Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits.

3. Noun. 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.

4. Noun. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerusalem Thorn

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Literary usage of Jerusalem thorn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... and produced in the same manner; and there is no possibility of distinguishing tli.c two trees but by the colour of the Jerusalem thorn. PARKINSONS. ..."

2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1890)
"This leguminous plant is called Jerusalem thorn. Although a native of Southern Texas and Mexico, it is found in many tropical countries, and is frequently ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Jerusalem thorn. CHRIST'S THORN. Spreading, spiny shrub or small tree to 20 ft., sometimes procumbent: branches brown: 1 of the 2 spines at the base of the ..."

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