Home › Words › G › greenthorngreenthorngreenthorn means balanites maughamii, a southern African tree.EtymologyCalque of Afrikaans groendoringnounBalanites maughamii, a southern African tree.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.camelthorn 62% match — Vachellia erioloba, formerly Acacia erioloba, a tree native to southern Africa. vs greenthorn →hookthorn 60% match — A prickly tree of southern Africa, Senegalia afra. vs greenthorn →kameeldoorn 60% match — camelthorn vs greenthorn →marula 59% match — A medium-sized dioecious tree, Sclerocarya birrea, indigenous to Southern Africa and West Africa. vs greenthorn →doornboom 59% match — Vachellia horrida, a low, spreading East African shrub or tree with large thorns. vs greenthorn →bloodhorn 58% match — Ochrosia elliptica, an Australian tree. vs greenthorn →thornveld 58% match — A certain type of grassland (veld) in Southern Africa characterized by acacia and other thorny plants. vs greenthorn →moabi 58% match — A tree of species Baillonella toxisperma, found throughout subtropical forests of Africa, used for its oil. vs greenthorn →