transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈblækθɔ:n ]
n. 1 a thorny rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, bearing white-petalled flowers before small blue-black fruits. Also called SLOE. 2 a cudgel or walking-stick made from its wood. øblackthorn winter the time when the plant flowers, usu. marked by cold NE winds.