Hawthorn

Word HAWTHORN
Character 8
Hyphenation haw thorn
Pronunciations /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Hawthorn"

What do we mean by hawthorn?

Any of various usually thorny trees or shrubs of the genus Crataegus of the rose family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers and reddish fruits containing a few one-seeded nutlets. noun

A thorny shrub or small tree, Cratægus Oxyacantha, much used in hedges. noun

A decorative pattern used in some Oriental wares. See Hawthorn china. noun

A thorny shrub or tree (the Cratægus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Cratægus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed. noun

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches noun

A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus noun

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

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The word "hawthorn" in example sentences

Part of the remains of a railway line that once ran from Market Harborough to Melton Mowbray, it is now covered in hawthorn bushes and bisected every now and then by the abutments of bridges. ❋ Peter Ashley (2007)

I shall never see the word hawthorn in poetry again without the image of the snowy but far from chilling canopy rising before me. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

We're big on sea-buckthorn berries here in Estonia, and I thought they're also called hawthorn berries, but yours look slightly too large for the ones I mean... ❋ Haalo (2008)

The hawthorn was the special wood used for fire-burial in Germany; hence the figurative poetical expression which would make Hagen a synonym for death. ❋ Unknown (1906)

The hawthorn is a part of natural English life -- country life. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

- This eve found plenty of berries called hawthorn on the stream where we have encamped. ❋ Unknown (1836)

When I last looked at it, the hawthorn was a couple of feet tall and looked more like a bush than a baby tree. ❋ Pablo (2010)

The skylark and the ivy appear among their scenic properties, and in the best of them, _Woods in Winter_, it is the English "hawthorn" and not any ❋ Unknown (1886)

_Woods in Winter_, it is the English "hawthorn" and not any American tree, through which the gale is made to blow, just as later Longfellow uses "rooks" instead of crows. ❋ Unknown (1886)

In serrated leaves, such as hawthorn or virginia creeper, the edging stitches follow the broken outline of the leaf instead of forming an even outer edge. ❋ L. Higgin (1852)

The study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, used almost 400,000 records of annual first flowering dates for more than 400 species of plant such as hawthorn at sites across the UK. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For the avid gardener: a 90-sapling "hedge-in-a-box" of native hedging trees such as hawthorn, blackthorn, cherry plum, field maple and hazel. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We have three large trees, one of them a hawthorn, which is sometimes called an English dogwood, and she planted flower gardens around all three. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

7. Plant berry-bearing plants in your garden, such as hawthorn, holly, cotoneaster and berberis. ❋ Thatsnews (2007)

As its name suggests, it is commonly found on hawthorn, but it can be found on other trees or plants. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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