Meanings
blackthorn1
Blackthorn2
proper noun
- A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6219).
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
nounerect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
Similar
pear hawpear hawthornCrataegus calpodendronCrataegus tomentosa
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek βράβυλον
- βράβυλον (brábulon)Prunus spinosa
Arabic بَرْقُوق شَائِك, بَرْقُوق السِيَاج
- بَرْقُوق شَائِك (barqūq šāʔik)Prunus spinosa
- بَرْقُوق السِيَاج (barqūq as-siyāj)Prunus spinosa
- خَوْخ شَائِك (ḵawḵ šāʔik)Prunus spinosa
- خَوْخ السِيَاج (ḵawḵ as-siyāj)Prunus spinosa
- إِجَّاص شَائِك (ʔijjāṣ šāʔik)Prunus spinosa
- إِجَّاص السِيَاج (ʔijjāṣ as-siyāj)Prunus spinosa
Basque elorri beltz, arantzabeltz
- elorri beltzPrunus spinosa
- arantzabeltzPrunus spinosa
- patxaranPrunus spinosa
- basaranondoPrunus spinosa
- basaranPrunus spinosa
- basakaranPrunus spinosa
- basokaranPrunus spinosa
Bulgarian тръ́нка
- тръ́нка (trắnka)Prunus spinosa
Catalan aranyó, aranyoner
- aranyóPrunus spinosa
- aranyonerPrunus spinosa
- prunellerPrunus spinosa
Chinese Mandarin 黑刺李
- 黑刺李 (hēicìlǐ)Prunus spinosa
Czech trnka
- trnkaPrunus spinosa
Dutch sleedoorn
- sleedoornPrunus spinosa
Esperanto prunelarbo
- prunelarboPrunus spinosa
Estonian laukapuu
- laukapuuPrunus spinosa
Finnish oratuomi
- oratuomiPrunus spinosa
French prunellier
- prunellierPrunus spinosa
German Schlehdorn, Schlehe
- SchlehdornPrunus spinosa
- SchlehePrunus spinosa
Hungarian kökény
- kökényPrunus spinosa
Irish draighean, airneog
- draigheanPrunus spinosa
- airneogPrunus spinosa
Italian prugnolo
- prugnoloPrunus spinosa
Latin spīnus
- spīnusPrunus spinosa
Latvian ērkšķu plūme
- ērkšķu plūmePrunus spinosa
Lithuanian dygioji slyva
- dygioji slyvaPrunus spinosa
Norwegian Bokmål slåpetorn, slåpe
- slåpetornPrunus spinosa
- slåpePrunus spinosa
Persian گوجه وحشی, آلوچه
- گوجه وحشی (gowje vahši)Prunus spinosa
- آلوچه (âluče)Prunus spinosa
- آلوچه جنگلی (âluče jangali)Prunus spinosa
Polish śliwa tarnina, tarka
- śliwa tarninaPrunus spinosa
- tarkaPrunus spinosa
- tarninaPrunus spinosa
- tarńPrunus spinosa
Portuguese abrunheiro-bravo
- abrunheiro-bravoPrunus spinosa
Romanian porumbar
- porumbarPrunus spinosa
Russian тёрн, терно́вник
- тёрн (tjorn)Prunus spinosa
- терно́вник (ternóvnik)Prunus spinosa
Slovak trnka
- trnkaPrunus spinosa
Spanish endrino, arañón
- endrinoPrunus spinosa
- arañónPrunus spinosa
- arañoneraPrunus spinosa
- arañuelaPrunus spinosa
- ciruelo silvestrePrunus spinosa
- ciruelo salvajePrunus spinosa
Swedish slån
- slånPrunus spinosa
Turkish çakal eriği, göğem
- çakal eriğiPrunus spinosa
- göğemPrunus spinosa
- gövemPrunus spinosa
- güvemPrunus spinosa
- güğemPrunus spinosa
- karaçalıPrunus spinosa
- yabani erikPrunus spinosa
- güvem çalısıPrunus spinosa
Ukrainian те́рен
- те́рен (téren)Prunus spinosa
Welsh draenen ddu
- draenen dduPrunus spinosa
Cite this entry
APA
blackthorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackthorn
MLA
“blackthorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackthorn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackthorn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackthorn.
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