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Hawthorn

A thorny shrub or tree the Crataeliggus oxyacantha having deeply lobed shining leaves small roselike fragrant flowers and a fruit called haw It is much used in Europe for hedges and for standards in gardens The American hawthorn is Crataeliggus cordata which has the leaves but little lobed...

Cockspur

A variety of Crataeliggus or hawthorn Crataeliggus Crus galli having long straight thorns called also Cockspur thorn...

Corymb

A flat topped or convex cluster of flowers each on its own footstalk and arising from different points of a common axis the outermost blossoms expanding first as in the hawthorn...