Noun

• 1. thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

• 2. spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

• 3. large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in south

• 4. East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu