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crown of thorns
Meanings
any affliction that causes great suffering;
"he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
a mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion