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单词 blackthorn
释义

blackthorn

noun

black·​thorn ˈblak-ˌthȯrn How to pronounce blackthorn (audio)
: a European spiny plum (Prunus spinosa) with hard wood and small white flowers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Hedges, mostly hawthorn and blackthorn, are a distinctive feature of the British countryside. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2020 Thorny scrub — hawthorn, blackthorn, dog rose and bramble — punched through fields that, only a few years earlier, were maize and barley as far as the eye could see. Isabella Tree, Time, 3 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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