| jerusalem thorn | (n) 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, Syn. horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata |
| catechu | (n) East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu, Syn. Acacia catechu, Jerusalem thorn |
| christ's-thorn | (n) thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit, Syn. Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi |
| jujube | (n) spiny tree having dark red edible fruits, Syn. Ziziphus jujuba, Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, jujube bush |
