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hawthorn

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hawthorn/ˈhɔːθɔːn/

▶noun a thorny shrub or tree with white, pink, or red blossom and small dark red fruits (haws). [Crataegus monogyna and related species.]

– origin OE hagathorn, prob. lit. ‘hedge thorn’ (see haw1, thorn).

'hawthorn' also found in these Oxford entries:

haw - may - quickset - quickthorn - thorn - whitethorn

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