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Crucifixion thorn
Crucifixion thorn may refer to one of the following North American desert plants:
- Canotia holacantha, a shrub or small tree in the family Celastraceae native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts
- Castela emoryi, a shrub or small tree in the family Simaroubaceae native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts
- Castela erecta (goatbush), a shrub or small tree in the family Simaroubaceae native to the Chihuahuan Desert
- Colletia cruciata
- Holacantha stewartii (Stewart crucifixion-thorn), a shrub or small tree in the family Simaroubaceae native to the Chihuahuan Desert
- Koeberlinia spinosa (allthorn), a shrub or small tree in the family Koeberliniaceae native to the Sonoran Desert
Usage examples of "crucifixion thorn".
They were all day among the dunes and in the evening coming down from the last low sandhills to the plain below among catclaw and crucifixion thorn they were a parched and haggard lot man and beast.