whitethorn
/hwahyt-thawrn, wahyt-/US // ˈʰwaɪtˌθɔrn, ˈwaɪt- //UK // (ˈwaɪtˌθɔːn) //
白刺,白刺刺,白刺刺的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
Examples
At this moment a man's face rose above the whitethorn hedge.
Nor must we omit to mention that the Whitethorn is one of the trees that claims to have been used for the sacred Crown of Thorns.
They nestled side by side under the old whitethorn which, for once in a way, forgot to moan as the wind went down.
He was looking for chaffinches' nests in the big whitethorn hedge at the back of Ballymore Rectory, when he suddenly spied a rat.
He is the poet of English parish festivals and of English flowers, the primrose, the whitethorn, the daffodil.
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