cockspur thorn

1. 1.

   eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns

   Synonymscockspur hawthornCrataegus crus-galli

   Broaderhawthorn

   Part ofCrataegus

Questions about cockspur thorn

What does cockspur thorn mean?

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

What is another word for cockspur thorn?

Close synonyms include cockspur hawthorn, 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 thorn a common word?

cockspur thorn 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.