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Jerusalem thorn

je·ru·sa·lemthorn

uncommon

noun

3.

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

4.

East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu

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