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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Christ's-thorn /ˈkraɪs(ts)ˈθɔrn/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Christ's-thorn n. Bot. One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Zizyphus vulgaris.  The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Christ's-thorn
      n 1: thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit [syn: Jerusalem
            thorn, Paliurus spina-christi]
      2: spiny tree having dark red edible fruits [syn: jujube, jujube
          bush, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba]