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n. Any of various usually thorny trees or shrubs of the genus Crataegus having clusters of white or pinkish flowers and reddish fruits containing a few one-seeded nutlets.

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

n. A thorny shrub or tree (the Cratægus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Cratægus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.

n. A thorny shrub or small tree, Cratægus Oxyacantha, much used in hedges.

n. A decorative pattern used in some Oriental wares. See Hawthorn china.

n. a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

"Part of the remains of a railway line that once ran from Market Harborough to Melton Mowbray, it is now covered in hawthorn bushes and bisected every now and then by the abutments of bridges."

shrub    bush   

hawthorn pattern    hawthorn china   

crataegus coccinea    pear haw    scarlet haw    red haw    downy haw    crataegus oxycantha    crataegus mollis    cockspur hawthorn    mayhaw    summer haw   

hawthorny   

may    albaspine   

honeysuckle    rowan    alder    dogwood    lilac    juniper    mimosa    blackthorn    laurel    jessamine