hawthorn
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like…Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
» The hawthorn tree was tall.
Боярышник был высоким. — User55521
Глід був високим. — deniko
Lepotdeterre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
Weißdorn, Hagedorn
боя́рышникbojáryšnik
глідhlid
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
Examples
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Origin
From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West GermaniFrom Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw (“hedge, enclosure”) + thorn.
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Forms
plural: hawthornsSynonyms
7 synonyms- a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus:haw
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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