释义 |
glastonbury thorn noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England; so called from a popular belief that it sprang up at Glastonbury from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea (Mt 27:57-60) : a hawthorn that is a variety (Crataegus monogyna praecox) of a common Old World hawthorn |