hawthorn
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family, typically a small tree with stiff thorns, certain North American species of which have white or pink blossoms and bright-colored fruits and are cultivated in hedges.
Origin of hawthorn
1Other words from hawthorn
- hawthorny, adjective
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hawthorn berries for regulated blood flowIf you collect enough of these common red fruits, which grow in trees and shrubs in the warmer regions of the Northern Hemisphere, you can make jam or even wine.
Four plants that are scientifically proven to be therapeutic | Sandra Gutierrez G. | January 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSee, the hawthorn is shedding on us its last flowers, and the elders send out their perfume.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereA hawthorn hedge enclosed the garden, which was entered through a small gate set in posts of rough masonry.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueThe clusters of furze-bushes bordered the steep sides of hollow roads in anticipation of the clusters of the hawthorn.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoKurt was standing at the hawthorn hedge in front of the garden with his schoolbag still slung around him.
Maezli | Johanna Spyri
"Quite true-oo," repeated the dove, perching in the hawthorn.
Wood Magic | Richard Jefferies
British Dictionary definitions for hawthorn
/ (ˈhɔːˌθɔːn) /
any of various thorny trees or shrubs of the N temperate rosaceous genus Crataegus, esp C. oxyacantha, having white or pink flowers and reddish fruits (haws): Also called (in Britain): may, may tree, mayflower
Origin of hawthorn
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