genus crataegus

1. 1.

   thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple

   SynonymsCrataegus

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofRosaceae

Questions about genus crataegus

What does genus crataegus mean?

genus crataegus means "thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple".

What is another word for genus crataegus?

Close synonyms include Crataegus. 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 genus crataegus a common word?

genus crataegus 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.