jerusalem thorn


Meanings

  • thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
  • spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
  • 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
  • East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu