Whitethorn

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whitethorn \White"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)
     The hawthorn.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  whitethorn
       n : 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 [syn: {English
           hawthorn}, {may}, {Crataegus laevigata}, {Crataegus
           oxycantha}]