christ's-thorn

Questions about christ's-thorn

What does christ's-thorn mean?

christ's-thorn means "thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in christ's-thorn?

christ's-thorn has 2 syllables: christ's--thorn. The stress falls on "christ's-".

What is another word for christ's-thorn?

Close synonyms include Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, jujube, jujube bush, Jerusalem thorn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is christ's-thorn a common word?

christ's-thorn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.