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n. - Prickly Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of pale to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries.

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Usage examples (33)
  • In the whitethorn the nightingale sings her sweet tale,
  • That whitethorn or the brown oak are made dearer things to me.
  • Then, as his senses quickened, the whole glorious colour-scale, from ashbud to whitethorn, stood revealed.
  • It resembles our little boreen, down to hedgerows of flowering whitethorn and grass growing in the middle of the road.
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