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

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