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blackthorn Definition

black·thorn (-t̸hôrn′)

noun

  1. a thorny, white-flowered prunus shrub (Prunus spinosa) with purple or black, plumlike fruit; sloe
  2. a cane or stick made of the stem of this shrub

blackthorn Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: It includes blackthorn, hawthorn, dog rose and other plants which should offer a rich habitat to hedgerow birds such as song thrushes.
  • rise: The scrub understorey includes guelder rose, blackthorn and bramble.
  • encroach: Other major work will be the removal of encroaching blackthorn and bramble scrub from the western end of the southern boundary of the common.

Modifies a noun

  • thicket: Blackthorn thickets provide a home for five colonies of black hairstreak butterflies, one of the UKâs rarest butterflies.
  • blossom: The blackthorn blossom giving a magnificent display against the backdrop of the gorse in bloom, surround by the shrouding mist.
  • scrub: Turn right, north-westwards through blackthorn scrub, inland of Black Head.
  • hedge: Would've knocked me off my bike if it hadn't already been slung by the blackthorn hedge at the edge of the road.
  • bush: They wouldn't risk scratching the gleaming paintwork of their Range Rovers and Shoguns on the blackthorn bushes which bound the lane.
  • stick: His two clenched hands were raised above his head, and a heavy blackthorn stick lay across them.