blackthorn (redirected from blackthorns)

black·thorn  (blkthôrn)

n.

A thorny deciduous Eurasian shrub (Prunus spinosa) having white flowers and small, bluish-black, plumlike fruits used chiefly for flavoring alcoholic beverages such as sloe gin. Also called sloe.

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blackthorn [ˈblækˌθɔːn]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called sloe a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits

2. a walking stick made from its wood

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blackthorn - a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits Prunus spinosa, sloe genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	blackthorn - erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa, pear haw, pear hawthorn Crataegus, genus Crataegus - thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple haw, hawthorn - a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

Translations

blackthorn [ˈblækθɔːn] N → endrino m

blackthorn [ˈblækˌθɔːn] n → prugnolo, pruno selvatico

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blackthorn [ˈblækˌθɔːn] n → prugnolo, pruno selvatico