n. Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A rosaceous genus of trees and shrubs, of about 30 species, natives of northern temperate regions, and about equally divided between North America and the old world.
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n. thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple
Word Usage
"If I had so sweet a place, I would plant brambles, briers, blackthorn, furze, crataegus, every kind of spinous growth, inside my gates, and never let anybody lop them."