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hawthorn
(hɔːθɔːʳn)
Word forms: plural hawthorns
variable noun
A hawthorn is a small tree which has sharp thorns and produces white or pink flowers.
Much of the track had become overgrown with hawthorn.
hawthorn in British English
(ˈhɔːˌθɔːn)
noun
any of various thorny trees or shrubs of the N temperate rosaceous genus Crataegus, esp C. oxyacantha, having white or pink flowers and reddish fruits (haws)
Also called (in Britain): may, may tree, mayflowerWord origin
Old English haguthorn from haga hedge + thorn thorn; related to Old Norse hagthorn, Middle High German hagendorn, Dutch haagdoornhawthorn in American English
(ˈhɔˌθɔrn)
noun
any of a group of thorny shrubs and small trees (genus Crataegus) of the rose family, with white, pink, or red flowers and usually red fruits (haws) resembling miniature cherries
Word origin
lit., hedge thorn < ME hagethorn < OE hagathorn < haga, hedge, haw1 + thorn, akin to Ger hagedornImage ofhawthorn
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British English: hawthorn /ˈhɔːˌθɔːn/ NOUN
A hawthorn is a small tree which has sharp thorns and produces white or pink flowers.
Much of the track had become overgrown with hawthorns.
- American English: hawthorn
- Arabic: زُعْرُورٌ بَرِّيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: pilriteiro
- Chinese: 山楂
- Croatian: glog
- Czech: hloh
- Danish: tjørn
- Dutch: haagdoorn
- European Spanish: espino
- Finnish: orapihlaja
- French: aubépine
- German: Weißdorn
- Greek: τρικουκιά
- Italian: biancospino
- Japanese: サンザシ
- Korean: 산사나무
- Norwegian: hagtorn
- Polish: głóg
- European Portuguese: espinheiro
- Romanian: păducel
- Russian: боярышник
- Latin American Spanish: espino
- Swedish: hagtorn
- Thai: ต้นฮอธอร์น
- Turkish: akdiken
- Ukrainian: глід
- Vietnamese: cây táo gai
Chinese translation of 'hawthorn'
hawthorn
(ˈhɔːθɔːn)
n (c/u)
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山楂
(shānzhā) (个(個), gè)