hawthorn

See also: Hawthorne

English

Crataegus laevigata

Etymology

From Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from haga (“enclosure, hedge”) + þorn (“thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *haguþurnuz.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/

Noun

hawthorn (plural hawthorns)

  1. Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

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