crown of thorns   (TTS Sound)

The noun crown of thorns has 3 senses

• cross, crown of thorns -- (any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns")


• crown of thorns, Christ thorn, Christ plant, Euphorbia milii -- (somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts)


• crown of thorns -- (a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion)