Phrase Hound found 40 phrases and 91 compound words that contain thorn. The most common are listed below. Open thorn in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 40
- thorn in the fleshA persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.
- Christ's thornPaliurus spina-christi, a deciduous shrub or small tree of the Mediterranean and parts of Asia, with spiny shoots.
- thorn-treeAlternative form of thorn tree.
- every rose has its thornEvery good situation includes some aspect of misfortune or adversity.
- buffalo thornA tree, native to southern Africa, of species Ziziphus mucronata.
- thorn in someone's sideA persistent annoyance.
- thorn appleAny of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit:
- no rose without a thornTo enjoy a pleasant subject or thing, one must also accept trouble and hardship.
- desert-thornAny desert-growing member of the genus Lycium
- Egyptian thornVachellia nilotica nilotica, a perennial tree native to Africa.
- garland thornThe plant Christ's thorn, Paliurus spina-christi.
- Jerusalem thornThe shrub Paliurus spina-christi, native to the Eastern Hemisphere.
- September thornThe geometrid moth Ennomos erosaria.
- sweet thornAn acacia of species Vachellia karroo, of southern Africa.
- thorn applesplural of thorn apple: Any of several species of plants bearing thorns and apple-like fruit:
- thorn clusterOne of three consonant clusters historically believed by some scholars to have existed in Proto-Indo-European, all of which ended with the IPA sound /θ/ (then often symbolized as þ).
- thorn clustersplural of thorn cluster: One of three consonant clusters historically believed by some scholars to have existed in Proto-Indo-European, all of which ended with the IPA sound /θ/ (then often symbolized as þ).
- thorn forestA forest of thorn trees
- umbrella thornThe acacia tree Vachellia tortilis heteracantha
- Glastonbury thornA kind of hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna 'Biflora', found in and around Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
- giraffe thornVachellia haematoxylon, a southern African tree.
- Mysore thornBiancaea decapetala, a thorny evergreen shrub of India.
- crucifixion thornThe plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
- Karoo thornThe sweet thorn.
- thorn veldAlternative form of thornveld: A certain type of grassland (veld) in Southern Africa characterized by acacia and other thorny plants.
Compound words 91
- hawthornAny of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
- blackthornA large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
- ThornleyA placename:
- whitethornCrataegus monogyna, a hawthorn species native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia.
- thornbillAny of the passerine birds of the genus Acanthiza, native to Australia.
- ThorleyA village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4719).
- thornlessWithout thorns.
- camelthornVachellia erioloba, formerly Acacia erioloba, a tree native to southern Africa.
- thornbirdAny bird of the species of genus Phacellodomus.
- ThornvilleA town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.