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crown-of-thorns

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crown-of-thorns   (kroun'əv-thôrnz')
n.  
  1. A trailing or climbing spiny shrub (Euphorbia milii) native to Madagascar and cultivated as a houseplant, having showy flower clusters with usually red, petallike bracts.

  2. The Christ's thorn.

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