| 单词 | cockspur thorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmascockspur thorn cockspur thorn n. any of several North American hawthorns; esp. the cockspur hawthorn, Crataegus crus-galli. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > cockspur thorn cockspur1681 cockspur thorn1724 cockspur hawthorn1731 1724 P. Miller Gardeners & Florists Dict. II. (Suppl.) Mepilus, or large Cock Spur thorn. 1846 G. B. Emerson Trees & Shrubs Mass. v. 433 Cockspur Thorn...A singularly neat shrub, often forming a beautiful, round-headed, small tree. 1913 H. H. Gibson Amer. Forest Trees 459 Cockspur (Cratægus crus-galli) may be taken as the type of more than twenty species of cockspur thorns growing in this country. 2011 Times 31 Dec. (Weekend section) 14/2 The cockspur thorn..carries the kind of thorns on to which one could impale dead moles pour encourager les autres. < as lemmas |
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