camel thorn
noun
variants
or less commonly camel's thorn
1
a
: a low spiny shrub (Alhagi camelorum) of the Arabian desert that yields manna
b
: a related shrub (A. maurorum)
2
: an East Indian spiny shrub (Zizyphus nummularius) used as fodder for sheep and goats
3
: any of several southern African acacias
especially
: a browse plant (Acacia giraffae) of the veld
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