hawthorn

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

haw

mayflower

may

whitethorn

quickset

English hawthorn

evergreen thorn

apple haw

hedgethorn

howthorn

may blosom

may tree

midland hawthorn

thorn-apple tree

briar

cf. May flower

bush

shrub

sweet

quickthorn

maybush

Vertalings

aubépine

biancospino

Weißdorn

espino

meidoorn

Hagedorn

hagedoorn

haagdoorn

Crataegus

espino blanco

alıç

pilriteiro

espino albar

meidoren

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhɔː.θɔːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hawthorn

Geërf van Old English: hagaþorn

In summary

From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw (“hedge, enclosure”) + thorn.