Thorn-tree

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of thorn tree. alt-of, alternative

    "Thornthwaite [Cumb.] per pale, ar. and gu. a chev. betw. three lions' heads, erased, all counterchanged ; on a chief or, a thorn-tree ppr. —Crest, a lion's head, erased, gu. in the mouth a thorn-sprig vert, fructed ppr."

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"It was a walk up a long, lonely road to a solitary thorn-tree, where I was studying a shrike's nest."

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