blackthorn

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black·thorn / ˈblakˌ[unvoicedth]ôrn/ • n. a thorny Eurasian shrub (Prunus spinosa) of the rose family that bears white flowers and astringent blue-black fruits. Also called sloe.

blackthorn

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blackthorn Tree or shrub of the rose family, which bears white flowers early in the year and has small plum-like fruits (sloes) and long black thorns. The flowers appear before the leaves in spring. Family Rosaceae; species Prunus spinosa.

blackthorn

views updated May 29 2018

blackthorn See sloe.

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