# der Stechdorn

der Stechdorn is a German noun meaning “Christ's thorn”. Forms: des Stechdornes, die Stechdorne.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Stechdornes
- Plural: die Stechdorne

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ Christ's thorn (Paliurus gen. et spp., especially Paliurus spina-christi)
2. _archaic_ sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
3. _archaic_ holly, European holly (Ilex or Ilex aquifolium)

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