Definition of Hawthorns

1. Noun. (plural of hawthorn) ¹

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Definition of Hawthorns

1. hawthorn [n] - See also: hawthorn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawthorns

hawsed
hawsehole
hawseholes
hawsepipe
hawsepipes
hawser
hawser-laid rope
hawser-laid ropes
hawser bend
hawsers
hawses
hawsing
hawt
hawthorneite
hawthorns (current term)
hax
hax0r
haxonite
haxonites
haxor
haxored
haxoring
haxors
haxx0r
haxx0rs
haxxor
haxxors
hay

Literary usage of Hawthorns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1904)
"PROCEEDINGS OP THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON THE hawthorns OF ... hawthorns, like roses, willows, oaks and many other woody plants furnish valuable ..."

2. The Romance of Gilbert Holmes: An Historical Novel by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1900)
"Turning about as if hearing for the first time, I saw Constance standing in the shade of the hawthorns, holding something aloft in her hand. ..."

3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"CONSIDER THE hawthorns.—The craze for making new species in the hawthorn genus (Crataegus) having to a considerable extent subsided, it is possible to pause ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The hawthorns grow well in exposed positions and as a rule do not like much ... The American hawthorns are highly ornamental subjects for the planting of ..."

5. Handbook to the Environs of London: Alphabetically Arranged, Containing an by James Thorne (1876)
"... old cedars of Lebanon, ranging in colour from the black green of the yew to the silvery grey of the deodara. Other trees of unusual size,—hawthorns, ..."

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