What is another word for hawthorns?

Pronunciation: [hˈɔːθɔːnz] (IPA)

Hawthorns are a type of small tree or shrub that belong to the rose family. They are known for their gnarled branches, white or pink flowers, and small red or black fruit. Hawthorns are also sometimes called thorn apples, thorn trees, or thorn bushes. Other synonyms for hawthorns include maythorn, whitethorn, quickthorn, and hawberry. The berries of hawthorns are a source of food for birds, and the tree is valued for its ornamental qualities as well as its medicinal properties. Extracts from hawthorn leaves and berries are used to help support heart health, and the tree has been used in traditional medicine for centuries.

What are the hypernyms for Hawthorns?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Hawthorns

The clump where I had sought a shelter from the storm was composed of large old dilapidated-looking half-dead elders; perhaps their age was not above thirty or forty years, but they looked older than hawthorns of one or two centuries; and under them the rabbits had their diggings-huge old mounds and burrows that looked like a badger's earth.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Then always around them was this gracious silence, which seemed so strange after the roar of London; and if the day promised to become still hotter, at least they had this welcome breeze, that rustled the quick-glancing poplars, and stirred the white-laden hawthorns, and kept the long branches of the wych-elms and chestnuts swaying hither and thither.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
The path up to it, bordered with ash trees and hawthorns, winds along the side of Church Hill, the first of the two headlands, which shuts it from view until, rounding a green shoulder, you come suddenly upon it, like a ghost.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty

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