What does thorn-tree mean?
Thorn-tree means Alternative form of thorn tree..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of thorn tree..
Thornthwaite [Cumb.] per pale, ar. and gu. a chev. betw. three lions' heads, erased, all counterchanged ; on a chief or, a thorn-tree ppr. —Crest, a lion's head, erased, gu. in the mouth a thorn-sprig vert, fructed ppr.
But the olives they were not blind to Him, / The little gray leaves were kind to Him: / The thorn-tree had a mind to Him / When into the woods He came. […]
Every country boy and girl knows the thorn-tree, with its mass of white bloom in May and mass of red fruit in the fall.
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Thorn-tree means Alternative form of thorn tree..
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Thornthwaite [Cumb.] per pale, ar. and gu. a chev. betw. three lions' heads, erased, all counterchanged ; on a chief or, a thorn-tree ppr. —Crest, a lion's head, erased, gu. in the mouth a thorn-sprig vert, fructed ppr.
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