dar.dar denotes a plant named alongside thorns, appearing in field growth and overgrown altars.

The two occurrences show dar.dar as a plant named alongside thorns: it grows from the ground in Genesis 3:18 and ascends upon altars in Hosea 10:8.

1. Plant growth alongside thorns · dominant

   In Genesis 3:18, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause about the ground producing thorns and this plant; the APB renders the pair "thorns and thistles." In Hosea 10:8, the same form is in the statement that thorn and this plant will ascend upon altars; the APB again renders the pair "thorn and thistle."

   Genesis 3:18Hosea 10:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the plant with thorns in both verses, rendering the paired expressions "thorns and thistles" in Genesis 3:18 and "thorn and thistle" in Hosea 10:8. Its specific English term cannot be assigned with certainty to this lemma alone.