hawthorn

Meaning

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

Synonyms

English hawthorn

evergreen thorn

apple haw

hedgethorn

howthorn

may blosom

may tree

midland hawthorn

thorn-apple tree

cf. May flower

Frequency

41k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɔː.θɔːn/
Etymology

In summary

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

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