blackthorn (n.)

  1. a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

    [ Syn: sloe , prunus spinosa ]

  2. erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries

    [ Syn: pear haw , pear hawthorn , crataegus calpodendron , crataegus tomentosa ]

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