blackthorn
/blak-thawrn/US // ˈblækˌθɔrn //UK // (ˈblækˌθɔːn) //
黑荆棘,黑刺,黑棘树,黑棘
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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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