Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BLACK'-THORN
BLACK'-THORN, n. [black and thorn.]
A species of Prunus, called sloe. It grows ten or twelve feet high, very branchy, and armed with sharp, strong spines, and bearing small, round, black cherries. It is much cultivated for hedges. – Encyc.
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