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buckthorn
any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae -
bisnaga
a large barrel-shaped cactus found in SW USA and NW Mexico -
blackthorn
a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits -
brier
any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier -
christ's-thorn
any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba. -
crucifixion thorn
one of several leafless, very thorny shrubs or small trees of the southwestern desert areas of North America.