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BLACKTHORN

Dictionary entry overview: What does blackthorn mean?

• BLACKTHORN (noun)
The noun BLACKTHORN has 2 senses:

1. a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
2. erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries

Familiarity information: BLACKTHORN used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BLACKTHORN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blackthorn; Prunus spinosa; sloe

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

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

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crataegus calpodendron; Crataegus tomentosa; pear haw; pear hawthorn; blackthorn

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

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

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

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

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