hawthorn

A spiny, deciduous shrub or tree (Crataegus monogyna), growing to 18 m/60 ft, native to Europe; leaves oval to rhomboidal, deeply 3–7-lobed; flowers white, in clusters; berries (haws) red to maroon, flesh thin over a large stone; also called quickthorn and may. It is very common and much planted, forming dense stock-proof hedges and attractive park or street trees. (Family: Rosaceae.)

Hawthorn is a common name for plants in two related genera in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae:

Crataegus Rhaphiolepis

The term Hawthorn also refers to the following places:

Hawthorn, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia Hawthorn railway station in the above suburb Hawthorn Football Club, based in Melbourne Electoral district of Hawthorn, an Victorian Legislative Assembly seat based on and named after the above suburb. in England Hawthorn, County Durham, a village in County Durham, in England Hawthorn, Wiltshire, a government bunker complex in Wiltshire, in England Hawthorn, Hampshire, a village in Hampshire, in England Hawthorns, Staffordshire, a village in Staffordshire, in England Hawthorn, Glamorgan, a village in Glamorgan, in Wales

Hawthorn may also refer to:

Hawthorn Leslie and Company, a British shipbuilder usually referred to as "Hawthorn" and located in Newcastle upon Tyne Hawthorn Football Club, the Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL).