CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA

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Meaning:

European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America

Synonyms:

Crataegus monogyna; English hawthorn

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Crataegus monogyna" is a kind of...):

haw; hawthorn (a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus)

Holonyms ("Crataegus monogyna" is a member of...):

Crataegus; genus Crataegus (thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple)

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