jerusalem thorn
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1. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | acacia, |
| definition | : | any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus acacia, |
| definition | : | large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | black catechu, catechu, |
| definition | : | extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally (noun.plant) |
2. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
3. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus ziziphus, ziziphus, |
| definition | : | spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes (noun.plant) |
4. thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
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