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• Under the Hawthorn Tree — (ISBN 014036031X) is the first in the Children of the Famine Trilogy by Marita Conlon McKenna, published by O Brien Books. It was published in May 1990. It centres around three siblings, Eily, Michael and Peggy, and is set during the Irish Potato …   Wikipedia

• Hawthorn — may refer to:In plants: * Common Hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna ), the Hawthorn tree * Crataegus (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * Rhaphiolepis (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and… …   Wikipedia

• Tree worship — (dendrolatry) refers to the tendency of many societies throughout history to worship or otherwise mythologize trees. Trees have played an important role in many of the world s mythologies and religions, and have been given deep and sacred… …   Wikipedia

• Hawthorn shield bug — Taxobox | name = Hawthorn shield bug image width = 240px image caption = Imago image2 caption = Nymph image2 width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera familia = Acanthosomatidae genus = Acanthosoma… …   Wikipedia

• hawthorn fruit — The fruit of the hawthorn tree or bush. It has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems, including heart problems and gastrointestinal problems …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Hawthorn — Haw thorn (h[add] th[^o]rn ), n. [AS. haga[thorn]orn, h[ae]g[thorn]orn. See {Haw} a hedge, and {Thorn}.] (Bot.) A thorny shrub or tree (the {Crat[ae]gus oxyacantha}), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hawthorn — ► NOUN ▪ a thorny shrub or tree with white, pink, or red blossom and small dark red fruits (haws). ORIGIN Old English, probably with the literal meaning hedge thorn …   English terms dictionary

• hawthorn —    Traditional beliefs concerning the hawthorn are contradictory. One particular tree, the *Holy Thorn of Glastonbury, was regarded as sacred since it blossomed at Christmas; its real or reputed descendants are pointed out with respect. A few… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• hawthorn — hawthorny, adj. /haw thawrn /, n. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family, typically a small tree with stiff thorns, certain North American species of which have white or pink blossoms and bright colored fruits …   Universalium

• Hawthorn — (HAW thorn) Variations: Bread and Cheese Tree, Crataegus oxyacantha, Gaxels, Hagthorn, Ladies Meat, Mayblossom, Mayflower, Quickset, Sceach, Thorn Apple, Tree of Chastity, White Hawthorn With its short trunk, dense reddish leaves, thorned… …   Encyclopedia of vampire mythology