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blackthorn
n.
small thorny shrub which bears dark sour plumlike fruit, sloe
Prunus spinosa
blackthorn
Noun
1. a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
(synonym) sloe, Prunus spinosa
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(member-holonym) Prunus, genus Prunus
2. erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
(synonym) pear haw, pear hawthorn, Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa
(hypernym) hawthorn, haw
(member-holonym) Crataegus, genus Crataegus
Blackthorn
(n.)
A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.
(n.)
A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. tomentosa). Both are used for hedges.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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