Thorn tree
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Thorn tree may refer to:
- The common name for several species of trees in tropical or temperate climates that have spiky, thorn-like leaves, e.g. the AcaciaAcaciaAcacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...
and the boxthornBoxthornBoxthorn is a genus of the nightshade family , containing about 90 species of plants native throughout much of the temperate and subtropical zones of the world...
(Lycium) - ThorntreeThorntreeThorntree is a housing estate in east Middlesbrough within the unitary authority of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.It is so called because it was built on land which was Thorntree Farm....
, a housing estate in the town of Middlesbrough, in North East England - A long-running travel-related discussion forum on the Web site of Lonely Planet.