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• crown of thorns — noun 1. somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts • Syn: ↑Christ thorn, ↑Christ plant, ↑Euphorbia milii • Hypernyms: ↑spurge • Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia …   Useful english dictionary

• Crown of Thorns — • Mentioned by three Evangelists and is often alluded to by the early Christian Fathers, such as Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and others, but there are comparatively few writers of the first six centuries who speak of it as a relic known to be… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• crown of thorns — 1. a climbing spurge, Euphorbia milii splendens, of Madagascar, having stems covered with spines. 2. See crown of thorns starfish. 3. a painful burden, as of suffering, guilt, anxiety, etc.: from the wreath of thorns placed on Jesus head to mock… …   Universalium

• crown of thorns — n. 1. a coral eating starfish (Acanthaster planci) of the tropical Pacific region, having arms covered with long spines: also crown of thorns starfish or crown of thorns 2. a shrub (Euphorbia milii) of the spurge family, having long spines and… …   English World dictionary

• crown of thorns — Date: 1964 a starfish (Acanthaster planci) of the Pacific region that is covered with long spines and feeds on coral polyps sometimes causing destruction of coral reefs called also crown of thorns starfish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bristle with — ˈbristle ˌwith [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bristle with he/she/it bristles with present participle bristling with past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• Relics associated with Jesus — Secondo Pia s 1898 negative of the photograph of the Shroud of Turin, associated with Holy Face of Jesus devotions. A number of relics associated with Jesus have been claimed and displayed throughout the history of Christianity. Some people… …   Wikipedia

• Wattle bagworm — Taxobox name = Wattle bagworm status = secure regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Psychidae genus = Kotochalia species = K. junodi binomial = Kotochalia junodi binomial authority = (Heylaerts)The… …   Wikipedia

• Espostoa — Taxobox name = Espostoa image width = 240px image caption = Espostoa lanata var. gracilis regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Cactaceae subfamilia = Cactoideae tribus = Trichocereeae… …   Wikipedia

• thorny — thorn|y [ θɔrni ] adjective 1. ) a thorny issue, problem, subject, etc. is one that is difficult to deal with: the thorny issue of land ownership Now we come to the thorny question of cost. 2. ) covered with thorns …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• thorny — UK [ˈθɔː(r)nɪ] / US [ˈθɔrnɪ] adjective Word forms thorny : adjective thorny comparative thornier superlative thorniest 1) a thorny issue, problem, subject etc is one that is difficult to deal with the thorny issue of land ownership Now we come to …   English dictionary