[ noun ]
■ a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion
[ noun ]
■ somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
→
christ plant
,
christ thorn
,
euphorbia milii
[ noun ]
■ any affliction that causes great suffering
e.g.)
・he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns
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cross
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