English > Crataegus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple. |
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| Synonym | genus Crataegus |
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| Member of | Rosaceae, family Rosaceae, rose family | A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales |
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| Members | English hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna | European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits |
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| blackthorn, pear haw, pear hawthorn, Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa | Erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries |
| cockspur thorn, cockspur hawthorn, Crataegus crus-galli | eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns |
| hawthorn, haw | A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus |
| mayhaw, summer haw, Crataegus aestivalis | hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves |
| parsley haw, parsley-leaved thorn, Crataegus apiifolia, Crataegus marshallii | southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves |
| red haw, downy haw, Crataegus mollis, Crataegus coccinea mollis | American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs |
| scarlet haw, Crataegus biltmoreana | Common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries |
| whitethorn, English hawthorn, may, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha | thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | crataegus, genus crataegus |
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| Catalan | crataegus, genus crataegus |
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