hedge thorn

Questions about hedge thorn

What is another word for hedge thorn?

It depends which hedge thorn you mean. In the sense “South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging”, the synonyms are natal plum, Carissa bispinosa. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of hedge thorn?

WordNet records no antonym for hedge thorn. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for hedge thorn come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of hedge thorn

• Full entry for hedge thornAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for hedge thornWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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