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HAWTHORN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
Synonyms:
haw; hawthorn
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hawthorn" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hawthorn"):
Crataegus apiifolia; Crataegus marshallii; parsley-leaved thorn; parsley haw (southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves)
Crataegus biltmoreana; scarlet haw (common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries)
blackthorn; Crataegus calpodendron; Crataegus tomentosa; pear haw; pear hawthorn (erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries)
cockspur hawthorn; cockspur thorn; Crataegus crus-galli (eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns)
Crataegus aestivalis; mayhaw; summer haw (hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves)
Crataegus laevigata; Crataegus oxycantha; English hawthorn; may; whitethorn (thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America)
Crataegus monogyna; English hawthorn (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)
Crataegus coccinea mollis; Crataegus mollis; downy haw; red haw (American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs)
Crataegus oxyacantha; evergreen thorn (evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe)
Crataegus coccinea; Crataegus pedicellata; red haw (American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers)
Holonyms ("hawthorn" is a member of...):
Crataegus; genus Crataegus (thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple)
