whitethorn

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

From white + thorn.

The Crawfurds came to Whitethorn. — Girlhood and Womanhood: The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes, Sarah Tytler
At the bottom of the packet was a faded sprig of whitethorn. — The Passionate Elopement, Compton MacKenzie
He is the poet of English parish festivals and of English flowers, the primrose, the whitethorn, the daffodil. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

English hawthorn, may, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha

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