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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hawthorn \Haw"thorn`\, n. [AS. hagaborn, h[ae]g?orn. See {Haw} a
hedge, and {Thorn}.] (Bot.)
A thorny shrub or tree (the Crat[ae]gus oxyacantha), having
deeply lobed, shining leaves, small roselike, fragrant
flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe
for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American
hawthorn is Crat[ae]gus cordata, which has the leaves but
little lobed.
Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To
shepherds? --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hawthorn
n : a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus
Crataegus [syn: {haw}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hawthorn, PA (borough, FIPS 33216)
Location: 41.02079 N, 79.27618 W
Population (1990): 528 (216 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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