Camel's thorn

Related to Camel's thorn: Cold desert, Acacia erioloba
(Bot.) a low, leguminous shrub (Alhagi maurorum) of the Arabian desert, from which exudes a sweetish gum, which is one of the substances called manna.

See also: camel

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Examples of such plants are camel's thorn, acacia and salt bushes.