Found 2 items, similar to blackthorn.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: blackthorn blackthorn n 1: a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits [syn: sloe, Prunus spinosa ] 2: erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries [syn: pear haw, pear hawthorn, Crataegus calpodendron , Crataegus tomentosa]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Blackthorn Blackthorn \Black"thorn`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa ), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe. (b) A species of Crat[ae]gus or hawthorn (Crat[ae]gus tomentosa ). Both are used for hedges. [1913 Webster]