一切經音義 32.314

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棘束（上兢力反方言云江淮之間凡草木有朿傷人者皆謂之棘左傳云棘酸棗也說文似棗藂生也從二束也經二來乖經也下此恣反說文木芒也謂木皮外有朿者也若棘榆枳之類也棘從並束束像形也）。

Briars and thorns (棘束; the first character is *jing* + *li* [jí]; the *Fangyan* says: "Between the Yangtze and Huai rivers, all plants and trees with thorns that hurt people are called 棘." The *Zuozhuan* says: "棘 is the sour jujube." The *Shuowen jiezi* says: "It resembles a jujube growing in clusters; it derives from two 朿." The sūtra writing it with two 來 runs contrary to the sūtra's meaning. The second character is *ci* + *zi* [cì]; the *Shuowen jiezi* says: "Wood prickles; this refers to having thorns outside the bark of a tree, such as the thorny elm or trifoliate orange." 棘 derives from paired 朿; 朿 is a pictograph).