blackthorn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.

name

A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6219).

/ˈblækˌθɔːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blackthorn.wav /ˈblækˌθɔɹn/

blackthorn blackthorns

Compound of black + thorn.

sloe

shillelagh

blackthorn winter

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