hawthorn C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/ UK /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/ See IPA manual Freq #40779 Meanings 1 noun a thorny shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus, bearing clusters of white or pink flowers and small red fruits A hawthorn beside the lane was covered with white blossom. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a thorny shrub or small... hawmay treewhitethornquickthorn More maythorn Word family Related forms hawthornCrataegus Etymology From Middle English hawthorn and Old English hagathorn, equivalent to haw (originally "hedge" and later its fruit) + thorn. Hawthorns were commonly planted as dense, thorny boundary hedges. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hawthorn **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/ **Frequency rank:** 40779 ## Meanings 1. a thorny shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus, bearing clusters of white or pink flowers and small red fruits ## Examples - A hawthorn beside the lane was covered with white blossom. ## Synonyms - haw - may tree - maythorn - whitethorn - quickthorn ## Related Forms - haw - thorn - Crataegus ## Etymology From Middle English hawthorn and Old English hagathorn, equivalent to haw (originally "hedge" and later its fruit) + thorn. Hawthorns were commonly planted as dense, thorny boundary hedges. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown