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Crown of thorns

//ˌkɹaʊn əv ˈθɔːnz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this.
  2. 2
    a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion wordnet
  3. 3
    A spiny Mediterranean tree, Ziziphus spina-christi.
  4. 4
    somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts wordnet
  5. 5
    A spiny spurge, Euphorbia milii, native to Madagascar.
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  1. 6
    any affliction that causes great suffering wordnet
  2. 7
    The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
  3. 8
    Ellipsis of crown-of-thorns starfish abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  4. 9
    A woodworking technique, used in tramp art, in which interlocking pieces are notched to intersect at right angles and form joints and self-supporting objects.

Etymology

Calque of Latin spinea corona, itself a calque of Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀκάνθινος στέφανος (akánthinos stéphanos).

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