WHITETHORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whitethorn mean? 

• WHITETHORN (noun)
  The noun WHITETHORN has 1 sense:

1. thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

  Familiarity information: WHITETHORN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITETHORN (noun)

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Meaning:

Thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crataegus laevigata; Crataegus oxycantha; English hawthorn; may; whitethorn

Hypernyms ("whitethorn" is a kind of...):

haw; hawthorn (a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus)

Holonyms ("whitethorn" is a member of...):

Crataegus; genus Crataegus (thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple)