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crucifixion thorn

American

noun

one of several leafless, very thorny shrubs or small trees of the southwestern desert areas of North America.

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A little shrub called the crucifixion thorn has no leaves at all, nothing but long, sharp spines.

From The Western United States A Geographical Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)

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