whitethorn

Meanings

Plural: whitethorns

Noun

• thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
• Crataegus monogyna, a hawthorn species native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia.
• Bursaria spinosa, a small Australian shrub.
• Vachellia constricta, formerly Acacia constricta, whitethorn acacia, a shrub in the family Fabaceae.
• Senegalia polyacantha, of India
• Ceanothus leucodermis, chaparral whitethorn, a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae.

Synonyms

Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha, English hawthorn, may