Hawthorn

n. [A-S. hagathorn, hǣghorn, from haga, hāg, hedge, haw, fruit of the haw, and thorn; Ger. hageldorn, D. haagedoorn, Dan. hagetorn, Sw. hagthorn. (Bot.) A shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply-lobed, shining leaves, small, rose-like, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American species, as the Crataegus cordata, have the leaves but little lobed. Loudon.

Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds? Shak.