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hawthorn noun.
[Old English hagaTorn, hagu- (= Middle Dutch hagedorn (Dutch haagdoorn), Middle High German hage(n)dorn (German Hagedorn), Old Norse hagTorn) from haga HAW noun1 + THORN noun.]
Any of various thorny shrubs or low trees of the genus Crataegus, of the rose family, with white or pink blossom (may) and usu. red berries (haws); esp. (a) (more fully common hawthorn) the Eurasian C. monogyna, much used for hedging; (b) (more fully midland hawthorn) the European C. laevigata, found in woodlands. Also, any of several related shrubs.
Yeddo hawthorn: see YEDDO noun.
Comb.: hawthorn china a kind of oriental porcelain with a pattern of plum-blossom on a dark blue ground.