Associations to the word «Hawthorn»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

HAWTHORN, noun. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke