| 单词 | american blackthorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAmerican blackthorn a. More fully † American blackthorn. Any of several kinds of hawthorn (genus Crataegus), esp. C. calpodendron (formerly C. tomentosa). Also called pear thorn. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > hawthorn and allies hawthorna700 hawthorn-treec1290 whitethorna1300 haw-treec1325 albespyne?a1425 thorn-tree1483 mespilus1548 may-branch1560 quickthorn1571 hedge-bush1576 busket1579 May-bush1579 Neapolitan medlar1597 azarole1658 pyracanth1664 white bush1676 Glastonbury thorna1697 quick1727 evergreen thorn1731 blackthorn1737 whitethorn1788 oriental medlar1797 haw1821 May-haw1840 Maythorn1844 May1848 pear thorn1848 pink thorn1852 aronia thorn1882 scarlet thorn1882 black haw1897 1737 J. Brickell Nat. Hist. N.-Carolina 79 The Black Thorn..grows plentifully in several parts of this Province. 1798 Trans. N.Y. State Soc. Agric. 1 iii. 18 The black thorn has been destroyed by a worm that preys upon its twigs. 1832 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 3 No. 18. 972 The American black-thorn is also a good fence and is rejected by the cattle who browse upon and destroy the Virginian. 1844 G. Emerson Johnson's Farmer's Encycl. (new ed.) 187/1 What is commonly called the black thorn in the United States is not the sloe or black haw,..but the yellow Cratægus of botanists. 1876 E. A. Curley Nebraska 325 The hawthorns should not be overlooked by the amateur horticulturalist. The blackthorn, Cratægus tormentosa [sic], and its variety malis, are most abundant. 1913 H. H. Gibson Amer. Forest Trees 459 It is known in different parts of its range as black thorn, red haw, pear thorn, white thorn, common thorn, hawthorn, thorn apple, and thorn plum. < as lemmas |
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