hawthorn

Meaning

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

aubépine

biancospino

Weißdorn

espino

meidoorn

Hagedorn

hagedoorn

haagdoorn

Crataegus

espino blanco

alıç

pilriteiro

espino albar

meidoren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɔː.θɔːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hawthorn

Inherited from 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.