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hawthorns

[haw-thawrn] Origin

haw·thorn

[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.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English haguthorn, cognate with Middle Dutch hagedorn, Middle High German hagendorn, Old Norse hagthorn. See haw3, thorn

haw·thorn·y, adjective
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Word Origin & History

hawthorn
O.E. hagaþorn, earlier hæguþorn, from obsolete haw "hedge or encompassing fence" (see haw) + thorn (q.v.). Common Gmc., cf. M.Du., Ger. hagedorn, O.N. hagþorn.
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