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crataegus

crataegus noun: any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.

crataegus: any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns
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Noun

crataegus (plural crataeguses)

  1. Any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
    Synonyms:
    thornapple, May-tree whitethorn, hawberry

Synonyms of crataegus

Forms of crataegus

pluralcrataeguses

Origin of crataegus

Borrowed from translingual Crataegus, from Ancient Greek κράταιγος (krátaigos, “Crataegus heldreichii”).

Questions about crataegus

What does crataegus mean?
Crataegus means any plant of the genus Crataegus, the hawthorns.
What part of speech is crataegus?
Crataegus is a noun.
What is the plural of crataegus?
The plural of crataegus is crataeguses.

Words near crataegus in the dictionary

  1. crastinal
  2. crastination
  3. crastinations
  4. crastins
  5. crat
  6. crataegus
  7. crataeguses
  8. Crataeis
  9. cratch
  10. cratched
  11. cratches

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