CHRISTS-THORN, noun The Rhamnus paliurus, a deciduous shrub, a native of Palestine and the South of Europe. It has two thorns at each joint, and is supposed to have been the sort of which the crown of thorns for our Savior was made.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.