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ENGLISH HAWTHORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does English hawthorn mean? 

ENGLISH HAWTHORN (noun)
  The noun ENGLISH HAWTHORN has 2 senses:

1. 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 Americaplay

2. 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 Americaplay

  Familiarity information: ENGLISH HAWTHORN used as a noun is rare.


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ENGLISH HAWTHORN (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crataegus monogyna; English hawthorn

Hypernyms ("English hawthorn" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("English hawthorn" is a member of...):

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


Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crataegus laevigata; Crataegus oxycantha; English hawthorn; may; whitethorn

Hypernyms ("English hawthorn" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("English hawthorn" is a member of...):

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


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