evergreen thorn

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   evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe

   SynonymsCrataegus oxyacantha

   Broaderhawthorn

Questions about evergreen thorn

What does evergreen thorn mean?

evergreen thorn means "evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe".

What is another word for evergreen thorn?

Close synonyms include Crataegus oxyacantha. 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 evergreen thorn a common word?

evergreen 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.