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haw·thorn  (hôthôrn)

n.

Any of various usually thorny trees or shrubs of the genus Crataegus having clusters of white or pinkish flowers and reddish fruits containing a few one-seeded nutlets.

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[Middle English, from Old English hagathorn : haga, haw + thorn, thorn.]

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hawthorn

Noun

a thorny tree or shrub with white or pink flowers and reddish fruits [Old English haguthorn]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hawthorn - a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus haw Crataegus, genus Crataegus - thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple Crataegus apiifolia, Crataegus marshallii, parsley haw, parsley-leaved thorn - southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves Crataegus biltmoreana, scarlet haw - common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa, pear haw, pear hawthorn, blackthorn - erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries cockspur hawthorn, cockspur thorn, Crataegus crus-galli - eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns Crataegus aestivalis, mayhaw, summer haw - hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, whitethorn, English hawthorn, may - thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America Crataegus monogyna, English hawthorn - European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America Crataegus coccinea mollis, Crataegus mollis, downy haw, red haw - American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs Crataegus oxyacantha, evergreen thorn - evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe Crataegus coccinea, Crataegus pedicellata, red haw - American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Translations

hawthorn [ˈhɔːθɔːn] n → espino

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hawthorn [ˈhɔːθɔːn] n → aubépine f

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hawthorn [ˈhɔːθɔːn] n → Weißdorn m, Rotdorn m

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hawthorn [ˈhɔːθɔːn] n → biancospino