hawthorn
Crataegus laevigata
Meaning
Noun
- Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
Related
Similar words
- albaspine, may, maythorn, may tree, quickthorn, whitethorn
Origin
- From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw + thorn.
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