aubépine
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French aube espine, from Late Latin alba spīna, from Latin alba (“white”) + spīna (“thorn”). Cf. Italian albaspina, Catalan albespí.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aubépine f (plural aubépines)
- hawthorn (type of shrub)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aubépine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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