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hawthorn
[ haw-thawrn ]
noun
- 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.
hawthorn
/ ˈhɔːˌθɔːn /
noun
- 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)maymay treemayflower
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- hawthorny adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hawthorn1
Old English haguthorn from haga hedge + thorn thorn; related to Old Norse hagthorn, Middle High German hagendorn, Dutch haagdoorn
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Example Sentences
See, the hawthorn is shedding on us its last flowers, and the elders send out their perfume.
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A hawthorn hedge enclosed the garden, which was entered through a small gate set in posts of rough masonry.
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The clusters of furze-bushes bordered the steep sides of hollow roads in anticipation of the clusters of the hawthorn.
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Kurt was standing at the hawthorn hedge in front of the garden with his schoolbag still slung around him.
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"Quite true-oo," repeated the dove, perching in the hawthorn.
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