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Any of various North American shrubs resembling the blackthorn.

The fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, a small bluish-black drupe; also, the fruit of P. umbellata.

The blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, a shrub of hedgerows, thickets, etc., found in Europe and Russian and central Asia.

A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh

small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush