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BLACKTHORN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
Synonyms:
blackthorn; Crataegus calpodendron; Crataegus tomentosa; pear haw; pear hawthorn
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
Synonyms:
blackthorn; Prunus spinosa; sloe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("blackthorn" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
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)
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