[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
     2: 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
     3: a mock crown made of thorn branches that roman soldiers
        placed on jesus before the crucifixion
see also:
cross christ thorn christ plant euphorbia milii 

[2] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

crown of thorns
   our lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the romans matt.
   27:29. the object of pilate's guard in doing this was probably
   to insult, and not specially to inflict pain. there is nothing
   to show that the shrub thus used was, as has been supposed, the
   spina christi, which could have been easily woven into a wreath.
   it was probably the thorny nabk, which grew abundantly round
   about jerusalem, and whose flexible, pliant, and round branches
   could easily be platted into the form of a crown. see thorn
   ¯t0003642, 3.
   

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