Lexic.us

Definition of Blackthorn

1. Noun. A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits.

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

Definition of Blackthorn

1. n. A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe.

Definition of Blackthorn

1. Noun. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blackthorn

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Medical Definition of Blackthorn

1. A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe. A species of Crataegus or hawthorn (C. Tomentosa). Both are used for hedges. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackthorn

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blacktail blacktail deer blacktail jackrabbit blacktail prairie dog blacktails blackthorns blacktip blacktip shark blacktips blacktop

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Literary usage of Blackthorn

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

1. The British flora medica: a history of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"Sloe, in Saxon f-la, is called blackthorn, to distinguish it from the ... blackthorn appears to be rather a modern term, as it is not mention' rard. bush is ..."

2. A Compendium of the Law and Practice of Injunctions: And of Interlocutory by Baron Robert Henley Eden Henley, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1852)
"blackthorn, (Cook v. Cook, Cro. Car. 531,) horse chestnut, lime, yew, walnut, crab, and hornbeam, (Duke of Chandos v. Talbut, 1 P. Will. C06. Walton v. ..."

3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... foot half falters ; scarce she yet may know The leafless blackthorn-blossom from the snow ; And through lier bowers the wind's way still is clear. ..."

4. Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, Etc., with an Appendix by John Harland (1873)
"ANY number of boys and girls can play at " blackthorn. ... The following dialogue then takes place :— " blackthorn, blackthorn, blue milk and barleycorn ..."

5. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"The sloe, or blackthorn, is much more frequently seen as a large spiny ... The bark is black, whence the name of blackthorn ; and the leaves are dark green. ..."

6. The British flora medica: a history of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"Sloe, in Saxon f-la, is called blackthorn, to distinguish it from the ... blackthorn appears to be rather a modern term, as it is not mention' rard. bush is ..."

7. A Compendium of the Law and Practice of Injunctions: And of Interlocutory by Baron Robert Henley Eden Henley, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1852)
"blackthorn, (Cook v. Cook, Cro. Car. 531,) horse chestnut, lime, yew, walnut, crab, and hornbeam, (Duke of Chandos v. Talbut, 1 P. Will. C06. Walton v. ..."

8. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... foot half falters ; scarce she yet may know The leafless blackthorn-blossom from the snow ; And through lier bowers the wind's way still is clear. ..."

9. Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, Etc., with an Appendix by John Harland (1873)
"ANY number of boys and girls can play at " blackthorn. ... The following dialogue then takes place :— " blackthorn, blackthorn, blue milk and barleycorn ..."

10. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"The sloe, or blackthorn, is much more frequently seen as a large spiny ... The bark is black, whence the name of blackthorn ; and the leaves are dark green. ..."

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