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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. any affliction that causes great suffering;
- Example: "that is his cross to bear"
- Example: "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
[syn: cross, crown of thorns]

2. somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts;
[syn: crown of thorns, Christ thorn, Christ plant, Euphorbia milii]

3. a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crown of thorns
    n 1: any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his
         cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of
         thorns" [syn: cross, crown of thorns]
    2: somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long
       woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet
       bracts [syn: crown of thorns, Christ thorn, Christ
       plant, Euphorbia milii]
    3: a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers
       placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion