Noun whitethorn has 1 sense
  1. whitethorn, English hawthorn, may, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha - thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
    --1 is a kind of hawthorn, haw
    --1 is a member of Crataegus, genus Crataegus
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