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blackthorn

/blak-thawrn/US // ˈblækˌθɔrn //UK // (ˈblækˌθɔːn) //

黑荆棘,黑刺,黑棘树,黑棘

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a shrub or tree of the genus Crataegus, as C. calpodendron.
    • : a walking stick made of a blackthorn tree or shrub.
    • : Also called sloe. a much-branched, thorny, Old World shrub, Prunus spinosa, having white flowers and small plumlike fruits.
    • : pear haw.

Examples

  • Hugh had for many years been watching over the growth of a young blackthorn sapling.

  • Mr. Gano stopped meditatively, and struck his blackthorn into the gray "MacAdam" powder.

  • So I got down and drew this wattle from the side of a turf creel,—you see it is a strong blackthorn, and good stuff too.

  • Garry's Hill stood in a field, at the bottom of which was a blackthorn fence among whose roots dwelt a colony of brown rats.

  • Sir Peter's gnarled old hands met above his blackthorn stick and trembled.

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