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# blackthorn

noun (blackthorn, blackthorns)

«blackthorn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A wild bush with black, sharp thorns and small sour dark berries called sloes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackthorn/#m1)

### In the lessons

a thorny hedge bush that grows in the countryside; in tales, a stick cut from its wood, and a tangle that is hard to push through.

### Examples

- The sheep were hiding behind the blackthorn hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackthorn/#x1)
- Sloes grow on the blackthorn in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackthorn/#x2)
- He cut a strong stick from the blackthorn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackthorn/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blackthorn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackthorn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blackthorn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blackthorn.html) on Mova free.