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Definition of Parsley-leaved thorn
1. Noun. Southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves.
Group relationships: Crataegus, Genus Crataegus
Generic synonyms: Haw, Hawthorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parsley-leaved Thorn
Literary usage of Parsley-leaved thorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trees of the Northern United States: Their Study, Description and by Austin Craig Apgar (1892)
"(PARSLEY- LEAVED THORN.) Leaves small, ovate, with a broad truncate or heart-shaped
base, pinnatifid into 5 to 7 crowded, irregularly toothed lobes; ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"... having often a pleasant flavor; there are several varieties of this, one of
which has its fruit dotted with white. The parsley-leaved thorn (0. ..."
3. Practical Forestry: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting, and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1910)
"parsley-leaved thorn.—Leaves and young branches white, pubescent or downy, when
young ; leaves small, divided into live to seven lobes, sharply toothed. ..."
4. Practical Forestry: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting, and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1914)
"parsley-leaved thorn.—Leaves and young branches white, pubescent or downy, when
young ; leaves small, divided into five to seven lobes, sharply toothed. ..."
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