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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blackthorn \Black"thorn`\, n. (Bot.) a A spreading thorny shrub or small tree ({Prunus spinosa}), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe. b A species of {Crat[ae]gus} or hawthorn ({C. tomentosa}). Both are used for hedges. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blackthorn n 1: a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits [syn: {sloe}, {Prunus spinosa}] 2: erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries [syn: {pear haw}, {pear hawthorn}, {Crataegus calpodendron}, {Crataegus tomentosa}]
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