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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
crown of thorns
1. somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
• Syn:
Christ thorn, Christ plant, Euphorbia milii
• Hypernyms:
spurge
• Member Holonyms:
Euphorbia, genus Euphorbia
2. any affliction that causes great suffering
- that is his cross to bear
- he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns
• Syn:
cross
• Derivationally related forms:
cross (for: cross)
• Hypernyms:
affliction
3. a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion
• Hypernyms:
crown
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