cockspur hawthorn

1. 1.

   eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns

   Synonymscockspur thornCrataegus crus-galli

   Broaderhawthorn

   Part ofCrataegus

Questions about cockspur hawthorn

What does cockspur hawthorn mean?

cockspur hawthorn means "eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns".

What is another word for cockspur hawthorn?

Close synonyms include cockspur thorn, Crataegus crus-galli. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cockspur hawthorn a common word?

cockspur hawthorn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.