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WHITETHORN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Crataegus laevigata; Crataegus oxycantha; English hawthorn; may; whitethorn
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whitethorn" is a kind of...):
haw; hawthorn (a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus)
Holonyms ("whitethorn" is a member of...):
Crataegus; genus Crataegus (thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple)