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# whitethorn

«whitethorn» in Mova's school dictionary: **another name for hawthorn, a prickly bush with white flowers** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (whitethorns)

### meaning for a pupil

Whitethorn is another name for hawthorn, a prickly bush with white flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whitethorn/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, whitethorn and barberry bushes grow around a house as a hedge

### examples

- Whitethorn grew all around the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whitethorn/#x1)
- The whitethorn was covered in white blossom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whitethorn/#x2)
- Birds nested in the whitethorn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whitethorn/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whitethorn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whitethorn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.