Blackthorn Definition

blăkthôrn
noun
A thorny deciduous Eurasian shrub (Prunus spinosa) of the rose family, having white flowers and small bluish-black fruits.
American Heritage
A thorny, white-flowered prunus shrub (Prunus spinosa) with purple or black, plumlike fruit; sloe.
Webster's New World
The fruit of this plant, used chiefly for flavoring alcoholic beverages such as sloe gin.
American Heritage
A cane or stick made of the stem of this shrub.
Webster's New World

A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • prunus-spinosa
  • sloe
  • Crataegus tomentosa
  • Crataegus calpodendron
  • pear hawthorn
  • pear haw

Other Word Forms of Blackthorn

Noun

Singular:
blackthorn
Plural:
blackthorns

Origin of Blackthorn

Blackthorn Sentence Examples

  • A third species, the common sloe or blackthorn, P. spinosa, has stout spines; its flowers expand before the leaves; and its fruit is very rough to the taste, in which particulars it differs from the two preceding.

  • The scrub understorey includes guelder rose, blackthorn and bramble.

  • The blackthorn, wild fig, trembling aspen, and other ' crossed ' wood are avoided.

  • Along the edge of the wood elder, blackthorn, holly and gorse grow, sometimes draped in old man's beard.

  • It includes blackthorn, hawthorn, dog rose and other plants which should offer a rich habitat to hedgerow birds such as song thrushes.

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