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Blackthorn

//ˈblækˌθɔɹn// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6219).
Noun
  1. 1
    A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
  2. 2
    erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries wordnet
  3. 3
    A stick or staff taken from this tree.
  4. 4
    a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits wordnet

Etymology

Compound of black + thorn.

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