hawthorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/
ipa: /ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/
Forms: form: hawthorns
Etymology: From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw (“hedge, enclosure”) + thorn.
Senses: examples: text: Proust, an author to whom Humboldt had introduced me and in whose work he gave me heavy instruction, said he was often attracted to people whose faces had something in them of a hawthorn hedge in bloom.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 59:
text: In fact, a railway lined with hedgerows and shrubs would be perfect for reliability and biodiversity. Hawthorn, for example, can take a good cut and grow back strongly, while still providing shelter for creatures and acting as a natural fence line. Even palisade fencing can be climbed by a determined trespasser, but a good-size hawthorn hedge, lined with thorns and the inevitable brambles, is a serious obstacle.
ref: 2025 October 1, Dr Neil Strong, “Managing linesides”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 15:
glosses: Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
Synonyms: sense: a Crataegus
word: albaspine
sense: a Crataegus
word: may
sense: a Crataegus
word: maythorn
sense: a Crataegus
word: may tree
sense: a Crataegus
word: quickthorn
sense: a Crataegus
word: whitethorn
Derived terms: taxonomic: Crataegus vulsa
word: Alabama hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus douglasii
word: black hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus pinnatifida
word: Chinese hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus crus-galli
word: cockspur hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus monogyna
word: common hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus coccinea
alt: C. mollis
word: downy hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus oxycantha
alt: C. monogyna
word: English hawthorn
word: glossy hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus viridis
word: green hawthorn
word: hawthorn berry
taxonomic: Bibio marci
word: hawthorn fly
taxonomic: Acer crataegufolium
word: hawthorn maple
taxonomic: Gymnosporangium globosum
word: hawthorn rust
taxonomic: Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
word: hawthorn shield bug
word: hawthorn tree
word: hawthorny
alt: Raphiolepis indica
word: Hong Kong hawthorn
word: India hawthorn
alt: Raphiolepis indica
word: Indian hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus cuneata
alt: Raphiolepis umbellata
word: Japanese hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus aestivalis
word: May hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus mexicana
word: Mexican hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus laevigata
word: Midland hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus ancisa
word: Mississippi hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus pinnatifida
word: mountain hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus monogyna
word: one-seed hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus orientalis
word: oriental hawthorn
word: parsley hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus marshallii
word: parsley-leaved hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus tomentosa etc.
word: pear hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus persimilis
word: plumleaf hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus mollis
word: red hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus monogyna
word: single-seed hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus phaenopyrum
word: Washington hawthorn
taxonomic: Aponogeton distachyos
word: water hawthorn
taxonomic: Crataegus laevigata
word: woodland hawthorn
alt: Raphiolepis umbellata
word: yeddo hawthorn
Related terms: haw
mayblossom
mayflower