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    WHITETHORN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 Americaplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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

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