noun
- Thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit.
- synonyms: Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi
- Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits.
- synonyms: jujube, jujube bush, Christ's-thorn, Ziziphus jujuba
- 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.
- synonyms: horsebean, Parkinsonia aculeata
- East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu.
- synonyms: catechu, Acacia catechu
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