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hawthorn
noun haw·thorn \ˈhȯ-ˌthȯrn\
: a type of bush or small tree with white or pink flowers and small red fruits
Full Definition of HAWTHORN
: any of a genus (Crataegus) of spring-flowering spiny shrubs or small trees of the rose family with glossy and often lobed leaves, white or pink fragrant flowers, and small red fruits
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Origin of HAWTHORN
Middle English hawethorn, from Old English hagathorn, from haga hawthorn + thorn — more at hedge
First Known Use: before 12th century
Rhymes with HAWTHORN
acorn, adorn, airborne, althorn, baseborn, bass horn, bicorne, blackthorn, blue corn, boxthorn, broomcorn, buckthorn, bullhorn, careworn, Christ's-thorn, Dearborn, dehorn, dent corn, earthborn, einkorn, field corn, firethorn, firstborn, flint corn, foghorn, forewarn, forlorn, forworn, freeborn, French horn, green corn, greenhorn, hartshorn, highborn, hulled corn, inborn, inkhorn, krummhorn, leghorn, longhorn, lovelorn, lowborn, newborn, outworn, pod corn, popcorn, post horn, pronghorn, ramshorn, reborn, saxhorn, seaborne, self-born, shipborne, shoehorn, shopworn, shorthorn, skyborne, soilborne, stillborn, stinkhorn, suborn, sweet corn, tick-borne, timeworn, tinhorn, toilworn, tricorne, trueborn, twice-born, twinborn, unborn, unworn, wayworn, wellborn, well-worn, wind-borne
HAWTHORN Defined for Kids
hawthorn
noun haw·thorn \ˈhȯ-ˌthȯrn\
Definition of HAWTHORN for Kids
: a thorny shrub or small tree with shiny leaves, white, pink, or red flowers, and small red fruits
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