Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 26 compound words that contain thorns. The most common are listed below. Open thorns in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- crown of thornsThe 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.
- buffalo thornsplural of buffalo thorn: A tree, native to southern Africa, of species Ziziphus mucronata.
- crown-of-thorns starfishA large (25-35 cm full grown) starfish with venomous thornlike spines that cover its upper surface, Acanthaster planci.
- Egyptian thornsplural of Egyptian thorn: Vachellia nilotica nilotica, a perennial tree native to Africa.
- fairy thornsplural of fairy thorn: Crataegus nitida, a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to the US states of Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri.
- Glastonbury thornsplural of Glastonbury thorn: A kind of hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna 'Biflora', found in and around Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
- Jerusalem thornsplural of Jerusalem thorn: The shrub Paliurus spina-christi, native to the Eastern Hemisphere.
- September thornsplural of September thorn: The geometrid moth Ennomos erosaria.
- sweet thornsplural of sweet thorn: An acacia of species Vachellia karroo, of southern Africa.
- umbrella thornsplural of umbrella thorn: The acacia tree Vachellia tortilis heteracantha
- crucifixion thornsplural of crucifixion thorn: The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
- Karoo thornsplural of Karoo thorn: The sweet thorn.
- bastard umbrella thornsplural of bastard umbrella thorn: Acacia luederitzii, a tree of Namibia.
- crowns of thornsplural of crown of thorns: 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.
- rose between two thornsA woman situated between two men.
- roses between two thornsplural of rose between two thorns: A woman situated between two men.
- thorns in the fleshplural of thorn in the flesh: A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.
- Christ's thornsplural of Christ's thorn: Paliurus spina-christi, a deciduous shrub or small tree of the Mediterranean and parts of Asia, with spiny shoots.
- thorns in someone's sideplural of thorn in someone's side: A persistent annoyance.
- Osage thornsplural of Osage thorn: A stout, sharp thorn found on the tree of the Osage apple, Maclura pomifera.
Compound words 26
- hawthornsplural of hawthorn: Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
- allthornsplural of allthorn: The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
- blackthornsplural of blackthorn: A 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.
- boxthornsplural of boxthorn: Any plant of the genus Lycium.
- buckthornsplural of buckthorn: Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially
- camelthornsplural of camelthorn: Vachellia erioloba, formerly Acacia erioloba, a tree native to southern Africa.
- Cawthornsplural of Cawthorn: A surname.
- Craythornsplural of Craythorn: A surname.
- firethornsplural of firethorn: A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha.
- Henthornsplural of Henthorn: A surname.