Definitions
a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
Word origin
From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw (“hedge, enclosure”) + thorn.
Used in a sentence
“Proust, an author to whom Humboldt had introduced me and in whose work he gave me heavy instruction, said he was often attracted to people whose faces had something in them of a hawthorn hedge in bloom.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“May blossom shrub”8 letters
02“May-tree shrub”8 letters
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