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n.• arbusto vivo s.m.• seto vivo s.m.['kwɪkset]1.ADJ compuesto de plantas vivas (esp de espinos)2.N (=slip) plantón m ; (=hawthorn) espino m ; (=hedge) seto m vivo (esp de espinos)
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hedge — hedge1 [ hedʒ ] noun count ** a line of bushes or small trees growing close together around a garden or field: We crawled through a gap in the hedge. a high hawthorn hedge a hedge against something a way of trying to protect yourself against a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hedge — I UK [hedʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms hedge : singular hedge plural hedges ** a line of bushes or small trees growing close together around a garden or field We crawled through a gap in the hedge. a high hawthorn hedge • a hedge against… … English dictionary
hedge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shrubbery, hedgerow. See vegetable, enclosure. v. evade; protect, shelter; hem in, obstruct; temporize. See compensation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fence, hedgerow, thornbush, shrubbery, enclosure,… … English dictionary for students
hawthorn — [hô′thôrn΄] n. [lit., hedge thorn < ME hagethorn < OE hagathorn < haga, hedge, HAW1 + thorn, akin to Ger hagedorn] any of a group of thorny shrubs and small trees (genus Crataegus) of the rose family, with white, pink, or red flowers and … English World dictionary
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 — O.E. hagaþorn, earlier hæguþorn hawthorn, white thorn, from obsolete haw hedge or encompassing fence (see HAW (Cf. haw)) + THORN (Cf. thorn). A common Germanic name, Cf. M.Du., Ger. hagedorn, Swed. hagtorn, O.N. hagþorn … Etymology dictionary
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 — Recorded in many forms including Hawthorn, Hawthorne, Hathorn, Haythorne, Hathorn, Heathorn and Hethron, this is an English topographical surname. Of medieval origins, it denotes residence at or by a bush or hedge of hawthorn. This was probably… … Surnames reference
Hedge (barrier) — A hedge is a line of closely spaced shrubs and bushes, planted and trained in such a way as to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area. Hedges, especially those used to separate a road from adjoining fields or one field from another,… … Wikipedia
hawthorn — [OE] The hawthorn appears to be etymologically the ‘hedgethorn’. Its first element, haw, which in Old English was haga, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khag , which also produced English hedge and possibly haggard (German hagedorn, Dutch… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
hawthorn — [OE] The hawthorn appears to be etymologically the ‘hedgethorn’. Its first element, haw, which in Old English was haga, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khag , which also produced English hedge and possibly haggard (German hagedorn, Dutch… … Word origins