അർത്ഥം : Any affliction that causes great suffering.
ഉദാഹരണം :
That is his cross to bear.
He bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns.
പര്യായപദങ്ങൾ : cross
അർത്ഥം : Somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts.
പര്യായപദങ്ങൾ : christ plant, christ thorn, euphorbia milii
അർത്ഥം : A mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion.