Lexic.us

Definition of Crataegus oxycantha

1. Noun. Thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crataegus Oxycantha

Literary usage of Crataegus oxycantha

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

1. Report (1904)
"crataegus oxycantha Lin., the English Haw or Hawthorn, is an occasional escape from cultivation. Crataegus prunifolium (Marsh. ..."

2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"... somewhat larger than those of M. mono- jtyna. Petals 3\ to 4 tenths of an inch long. Obs. 8097. CRATAEGUS Oxycantha. Krock. n. 755. 7. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"Not necessarily of a heavy weight. " One day I was a HAVIN up the lid of the paper box." HAW or HAWS. A general name for the fruit of crataegus oxycantha. ..."

4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1901)
"crataegus oxycantha. ENGLISH HAW. On October 30, 1900, in a yard in the western part of Champaign, two specimens were found upon a leaf. Pyrus coronaria. ..."

5. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Under the name of hawthorns may be comprehended the numerous varieties of the crataegus oxycantha, and the races nearly allied to it. ..."

6. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"crataegus oxycantha, English Hawthorn : The red and white are quite pretty, and well worth cultivating. Propagated by seeds. Kalmia Latifolia, our native ..."

7. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"HAWTHORN, crataegus oxycantha.) The English hawthorn has produced many varieties, three of which, the double-white, the double-pink and single red, ..."

8. Report (1904)
"crataegus oxycantha Lin., the English Haw or Hawthorn, is an occasional escape from cultivation. Crataegus prunifolium (Marsh. ..."

9. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"... somewhat larger than those of M. mono- jtyna. Petals 3\ to 4 tenths of an inch long. Obs. 8097. CRATAEGUS Oxycantha. Krock. n. 755. 7. ..."

10. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"Not necessarily of a heavy weight. " One day I was a HAVIN up the lid of the paper box." HAW or HAWS. A general name for the fruit of crataegus oxycantha. ..."

11. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1901)
"crataegus oxycantha. ENGLISH HAW. On October 30, 1900, in a yard in the western part of Champaign, two specimens were found upon a leaf. Pyrus coronaria. ..."

12. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Under the name of hawthorns may be comprehended the numerous varieties of the crataegus oxycantha, and the races nearly allied to it. ..."

13. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"crataegus oxycantha, English Hawthorn : The red and white are quite pretty, and well worth cultivating. Propagated by seeds. Kalmia Latifolia, our native ..."

14. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"HAWTHORN, crataegus oxycantha.) The English hawthorn has produced many varieties, three of which, the double-white, the double-pink and single red, ..."

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