| NOUN | plant | Jerusalem thorn, Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi | thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit |
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| plant | Jerusalem thorn, jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Ziziphus jujuba | spiny tree having dark red edible fruits | |
| plant | Jerusalem thorn, horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata | large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers | |
| plant | Jerusalem thorn, catechu, Acacia catechu | East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods |
| Meaning | thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit. | |
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| Synonyms | Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi | |
| Member of | Paliurus, genus Paliurus | thorny Eurasian shrubs |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Meaning | Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits. | |
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| Synonyms | jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Ziziphus jujuba | |
| Member of | Ziziphus, genus Ziziphus | Spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs |
| Parts | jujube, Chinese date, Chinese jujube | dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Spanish | Ziziphus jujuba | |
| Catalan | ginjoler, gínjol | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata | |
| Member of | Parkinsonia, genus Parkinsonia | small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Catalan | Parkinsonia aculeata | |
| Meaning | East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu. | |
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| Synonyms | catechu, Acacia catechu | |
| Member of | genus Acacia | large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia |
| Broader | acacia | Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia |
| Substances | black catechu, catechu | extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails |
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