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单词 albespyne
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albespynen.

Brit. /ˈalbᵻspʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈælbəˌspaɪn/
Forms: late Middle English 1800s– albespyne, 1800s– albespine.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French albe espine.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman albe espine (early 13th cent.; also 13th cent. in Old French as albespin ; Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aubespine (French aubépin )) < classical Latin alba spīna whitethorn < alba , feminine of albus white (see album n.2) + spīna spine n.1 Compare Old Occitan albespi (12th cent.).
Now historical and rare.
Common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. Also called whitethorn.
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?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 8 Braunches of Albespyne þat is white thorn.
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 3 Albespyne, in old works the name of the White- or Haw-thorn, from the whiteness of its rind as contrasted with that of the Black-thorn.
1880 Agric. Students’ Gaz. Apr. 119/2 A tree which has from time immemorial been associated with this month..is the Hawthorn or May, known also as the ‘Haythorn’ and ‘Albespine’.
1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 79 A bower Of reedmace and rushes fine, Fenced with sharp albespyne.
1900 Gardeners’ Chron. 29 Dec. 469/3 First there was a crown of Albespyne or White Thorn, which was replaced by another of Barberry.
2008 J. Janick & R. E. Paull Encycl. Fruit & Nuts 629/1 Other common vernaculars for Crataegus species include haw, thornapple,..and albespyne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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