hawthorn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw (“hedge, enclosure”) +‎ thorn. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔː.θɔːn/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/ (Northeastern US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔ.θoɹn/ === Noun === hawthorn (countable and uncountable, plural hawthorns) Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches ==== Synonyms ==== (a Crataegus): albaspine, may, maythorn, may tree, quickthorn, whitethorn ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== haw, mayblossom, mayflower ==== Translations ==== === References === Crataegus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Crataegus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Anagrams === Hanworth == Middle English == === Alternative forms === haȝ þorn, haȝþorne, haue-thorne, hauȝ þorne, hauthorne, hauþorn, hauþorne, hawethorn, hawethorne, haweþorn, hawe-þorn, hawe þorn, hawȝþorn, hawthern, hawthorne, hawthorun, haw-thron, hawþrone === Etymology === Inherited from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to hawe +‎ thorn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhau̯(ə)ˌθɔrn/, /ˈhau̯(ə)ˌθoːrn/, /ˈhau̯(ə)ˌθrɔn/ === Noun === hawthorn (plural hawthornes) A hawthorn or similar tree or shrub. ==== Synonyms ==== hawe tre ==== Descendants ==== English: hawthorn Scots: hawthorn ==== References ==== “hau(e-thorn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 September 2018.