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haw·thorn

(hô

thôrn

) KEY

NOUN:

Any of various usually thorny trees or shrubs of the genus Crataegus having clusters of white or pinkish flowers and reddish fruits containing a few one-seeded nutlets.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English hagathorn : haga, haw + thorn, thorn

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