crown of thorns (English, noun)
expansion: crown of thorns (plural crowns of thorns)
Senses:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this.
glosses: A spiny Mediterranean tree, Ziziphus spina-christi.
glosses: A spiny spurge, Euphorbia milii, native to Madagascar.
glosses: The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
glosses: Ellipsis of crown-of-thorns starfish
tags: abbreviation
alt-of
ellipsis
glosses: A woodworking technique, used in tramp art, in which interlocking pieces are notched to intersect at right angles and form joints and self-supporting objects.
Forms:
form: crowns of thorns
tags: plural