A thorny deciduous Eurasian shrub (Prunus spinosa) having white flowers and small, bluish-black, plumlike fruits used chiefly for flavoring alcoholic beverages such as sloe gin. Also called sloe.
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| Celtic Mythology: blackthorn |
This thorny shrub (prunus spinosa) was thought to provide protection against ghosts in Ireland (cf. Modern Irish draighean) and has long been popular in lightweight walking-sticks. It should not be cut on 11 May or 11 November.
| Columbia Encyclopedia: blackthorn |
blackthorn or sloe, low, spreading, thorny bush or small tree (Prunus spinosa) of the plum genus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), having black bark, white flowers, and deep blue fruits, usually rather acrid and not much larger than peas. Native to the Mediterranean area, the blackthorn is cultivated for hedges, its limbs are used in Ireland for canes and cudgels, and the juice of the berries is used in making brandy, sloe gin, and preserves and as a diluent of port. One of the hawthorns is sometimes called blackthorn. Blackthorn is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.
| WordNet: blackthorn |
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
Synonyms: sloe, Prunus spinosa
Meaning #2:
erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
Synonyms: pear haw, pear hawthorn, Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa
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