CHRIST'S-THORN

n. Krists'tho2rn. Ger., Christdorn. 1. The Cratcegus pyracantha. 2. The Paliurus aculeatus. 3. The Ilex a qui folium (in the north of Europe). 4. (Erroneously) the Rhamnus cathartic us. [A, 505; B, 19, 180, 275 (a, 24).] [s. 263]