crown-of-thorns
Nouns
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(n) any affliction that causes great suffering
- that is his cross to bear
- he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns
- (n) 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,
- (n) a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion