Usually means: Thorny shrub, also called hawthorn.
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  1. whitethorn: Merriam-Webster
  2. whitethorn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whitethorn: Collins English Dictionary
  4. whitethorn: Vocabulary.com
  5. Whitethorn, whitethorn: Wordnik
  6. whitethorn: Wiktionary
  7. whitethorn: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. whitethorn: Dictionary.com
  9. Whitethorn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Whitethorn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. whitethorn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. whitethorn: Rhymezone
  13. Whitethorn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. whitethorn: FreeDictionary.org
  15. whitethorn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. whitethorn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. whitethorn: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Whitethorn)

noun:  Crataegus monogyna, a hawthorn species native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia.
noun:  Bursaria spinosa, a small Australian shrub.
noun:  Vachellia constricta, formerly Acacia constricta, whitethorn acacia, a shrub in the family Fabaceae.
noun:  Senegalia polyacantha, of India
noun:  Ceanothus leucodermis, chaparral whitethorn, a shrub in the family Rhamnaceae.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, USA. Former name: Thorn.

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