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Crown of thorns
Meaning
Noun
●
In Christianity & Succulents:
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.
●
A
spiny
Mediterranean
tree
, Ziziphus spina-christi.
●
In Buckthorn family plants, Echinoderms, Spurges & Succulents:
A
spiny
spurge
, Euphorbia milii,
native
to Madagascar.
●
In Succulents:
The
plant
Koeberlinia spinosa.
●
A large
starfish
with
venemous
spines
, Acanthaster planci.
●
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.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
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