parsley-leaved thorn

1. 1.

   southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves

   Synonymsparsley hawCrataegus apiifoliaCrataegus marshallii

   Broaderhawthorn

   Part ofCrataegus

Questions about parsley-leaved thorn

What does parsley-leaved thorn mean?

parsley-leaved thorn means "southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves".

What is another word for parsley-leaved thorn?

Close synonyms include parsley haw, Crataegus apiifolia, Crataegus marshallii. 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 parsley-leaved thorn a common word?

parsley-leaved 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.