» jerusalem thorn
Noun (4 meanings)
1. thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit.
jerusalem thorn is a type of:
jerusalem thorn is a member of:
- Paliurus, genus Paliurus (noun) - thorny Eurasian shrubs
2. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits.
jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba
jerusalem thorn is a type of:
jerusalem thorn is a member of:
- Ziziphus, genus Ziziphus (noun) - spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
parts of jerusalem thorn:
- jujube, Chinese date, Chinese jujube (noun) - dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
3. 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.
jerusalem thorn is a type of:
jerusalem thorn is a member of:
- Parkinsonia, genus Parkinsonia (noun) - small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees
4. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu.
jerusalem thorn is a type of:
- acacia (noun) - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
jerusalem thorn is a member of:
- genus Acacia (noun) - large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle
jerusalem thorn is made from:
- black catechu, catechu (noun) - extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails