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cockspur hawthorn

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cock·spur hawthorn   (kŏk'spûr')   
n.  A small thorny North American tree (Crataegus crus-galli) having white flowers and small red fruit.

[From the resemblance of its thorn to a cock's spur.]
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cockspur hawthorn

noun
eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns [syn: cockspur thorn
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