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hawthorn
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synonyms: Crataegus monogyna, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn, hawberry ???
tags: [botany]
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Definition:a genus of thorny, flowering shrubs in the rose family. They have been a very popular European hedge plant since the 18th century.
photo: by EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67229
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Before long, the hedgerows were a prominent feature of the Midlands landscape. They also served to keep cattle wandering. The were planted out of hawthorn [...] because it grew fast and was virtually impenetrable.
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A fresh breeze was blowing; the rye and colza were sprouting, little dewdrops trembled at the roadsides and on the hawthorn hedges.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary.
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She leaned on a hawthorn stick, enveloped in garments she must have worn twenty years before, now much too voluminous for the shrunken frame inside them.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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