HAWTHORN

Pronunciation (US):

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

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

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

• HAWTHORN (noun)

Meaning:

A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

haw; hawthorn

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hawthorn"):

Crataegus coccinea; Crataegus pedicellata; red haw (American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers)

Crataegus oxyacantha; evergreen thorn (evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe)

Crataegus coccinea mollis; Crataegus mollis; downy haw; red haw (American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs)

Crataegus monogyna; English hawthorn (European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America)

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

Crataegus aestivalis; mayhaw; summer haw (hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves)

cockspur hawthorn; cockspur thorn; Crataegus crus-galli (eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns)

blackthorn; Crataegus calpodendron; Crataegus tomentosa; pear haw; pear hawthorn (erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries)

Crataegus biltmoreana; scarlet haw (common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries)

Crataegus apiifolia; Crataegus marshallii; parsley haw; parsley-leaved thorn (southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves)

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

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