blackthorn

English

Etymology

black +‎ thorn

Noun

blackthorn (plural blackthorns)

A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.

Synonyms

sloe

Translations

Prunus spinosa

Basque: elorri beltz, arantzabeltz
Cornish: spernen dhu f
Czech: trnka f
Dutch: sleedoorn (nl)
Esperanto: prunelarbo
Finnish: oratuomi (fi)
French: prunellier (fr) m
Galician: abruñeiro (gl) m, agruñeiro m, escambrón (gl) m
Georgian: კვრინჩხი (ḳvrinčxi)
German: Schlehdorn m, Schlehe (de) f
Irish: draighean m, airneog f

Italian: prugnolo m
Macedonian: трнка f (trnka), црн трн m (crn trn), црн глог m (crn glog)
Norman: néthe êpîngne f, reunellyi m, preunelle f
Norwegian: slåpetorn m, (the fruit) slåpe (no) m, f
Polish: tarnina (pl) f
Portuguese: abrunheiro-bravo m
Russian: тёрн (ru) m (tjorn), терно́вник (ru) m (ternóvnik)
Spanish: endrino (es)
Swedish: slån (sv) c
Welsh: draenen ddu

See also

shillelagh

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