noun
- Any affliction that causes great suffering.
- usage: "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
- synonyms: cross
- Somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts.
- synonyms: Christ thorn, Christ plant, Euphorbia milii
- A mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion. .
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