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- Dictionarythorn/θɔːn/
noun
- 1. a stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant.
- 2. a thorny bush, shrub, or tree, especially a hawthorn.
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THORN definition: 1. a small, sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plant 2. a small, sharp pointed growth on the…. Learn more.
: a sharp rigid process on a plant. especially : one that is a short, indurated, sharp-pointed, and leafless modified stem compare prickle, spine. b. : any of various sharp spinose structures on an animal. 2. : a woody plant bearing sharp impeding processes (such as prickles or spines) especially : hawthorn. 3.
Thorn definition: a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.. See examples of THORN used in a sentence.
THORN meaning: 1. a small, sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plant 2. a small, sharp pointed growth on the…. Learn more.
A thorn is a sharp spike that protrudes from the stem of a plant. Roses are famous for having the sweetest fragrance and the sharpest thorns. Literal thorns, found on bushes and other plants, serve to protect plants from animals that might like to eat them.
Thorns are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush. Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided. Synonyms: prickle, spike, spine, barb More Synonyms of thorn. 2. variable noun. A thorn or a thorn bush or a thorn tree is a bush or tree which has a lot of thorns on it.
1. a hard, sharp outgrowth on a plant, esp. a sharp-pointed aborted branch. 2. a thorny tree or shrub, as the hawthorne. 3. the wood of such a plant. 4. a runic character (þ), borrowed into the Latin alphabet and used to represent the initial th sounds of thin and they in Old English and of thin in modern Icelandic.
