BLACKTHORN

or sloe, low, spreading, thorny bush or small tree (Prunus spinosa) of the plum genus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), having black bark, white flowers, and deep blue fruits, usually rather acrid and not much larger than peas. Native to the Mediterranean area, the blackthorn is cultivated for hedges, its limbs are used in Ireland for canes and cudgels, and the juice of the berries is used in making brandy, sloe gin, and preserves and as a diluent of port. One of the hawthorns is sometimes called blackthorn. Blackthorn is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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books on: Blackthorn  - 354 results

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British Romantic Drama: Historical and Critical Essays
Book by Terence Allan Hoagwood, Daniel P. Watkins; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1998
Subjects: English Drama--18th Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--19th Century--History And Criticism, Romanticism--Great Britain
...of Leonard, a ranger named Lancelot Blackthorn. The plot follows these individuals...scholar requires that she and Lancelot Blackthorn assume the role of ghosts (named Owls...by spirits, for example, he allows Blackthorn to cut his hair in a ridiculous manner...
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Stories and Tales
Book by H. W. Dulcken, Hans Christian Andersen; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Andersen, H. C--(Hans Christian)--1805-1875--Translations Into English, Children's Stories, Danish--Translations Into English, Fairy Tales--Denmark
...turning to ice. And she pressed the blackthorn bush to her bosom, quite close that...blood oozed out in great drops. But the blackthorn shot out fresh green leaves, and blossomed...heart of a sorrowing mother! And the blackthorn bush told her the way that she should...
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John Jakes: A Critical Companion
Book by Mary Ellen Jones, Kathleen Gregory Klein; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Jakes, John--1932---Criticism And Interpretation
...After Amandas rape and abduction by Blackthorn, revenge was added to Jareds psychological...433 . When finally he did catch up to Blackthorn in St. Louis, after Amanda had been...imprisons Jared for ninety days for shooting Blackthorn. Jared, in the depths of despair...
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A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures
Book by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson; Harvard University Press, 1951
Subjects: Celtic Literature--Translations Into English, English Literature--Translations From Celtic
...unknown; fifteenth-sixteenth century? 54. The Blackthorn Pin This blackthorn pin should not be in the cloak on that white breast...chequered yellow cloak one would not expect to find a blackthorn pin. Red cheek to which vows are made, nut of...
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D. H. Lawrence: Modes of Fictional Style
Book by Bibhu Padhi; Whitston, 1989
Subjects: Lawrence, D. H--(David Herbert)--1885-1930--Criticism And Interpretation
...your island, through the gorse and the blackthorn bushes, above the steep rocks of the...little ways and glades were a snow of blackthorn, a vivid white among the Celtic stillness...long, triumphant calls. After the blackthorn and the nestling primroses came the...
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journal articles on: Blackthorn  - 17 results

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Popular Culture in Microcosm: The Manuscript Diaries of Richard Heritage of Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire
Journal article by Keith Chandler; Folk Music Journal, Vol. 9, 2006
Subjects: Heritage, Richard--Criticism and interpretation, Heritage, Richard--Works, Popular culture--History, Popular culture--Portrayals
...baker Gough races (2 April 1823); and I to the fight at Blackthorn (24 April 1832). The seasonal round Throughout the whole...following day, he was also at Ambrosden Feast on the 20th and Blackthorn Feast on the 22nd. In his capacity as publican during the...
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Miniaturization and Anticlimax in Evelyn Waugh's 'Sword of Honor
Journal article by Steven Trout; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 43, 1997
Subjects: Authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sword of Honour (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Waugh, Evelyn--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...as he followed the duckboard across the mud, carrying his blackthorn stick, on his way to report to company headquarters"(3...entry "straight into the Irish Guards" and his dandyish "blackthorn stick," the modern man at arms - or officers and gentlemans...
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The Trans-Siberian Railroad and Russia's Asia: Literature, Geopolitics, Philosophy of History
Journal article by Anindita Banerjee; CLIO, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: Russia. Trans-Siberian Railway--Influence, Russian literature--Criticism and interpretation
...blue. Child of war, dressed in dove-song You drape the blackthorn bush in autumn, You know the sound of pine boughs scraping...net." The "tree" begins to resemble the raspberry or blackthorn bushes evoked in the poem. It reproduces the "nomadism...
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Clare's the Awthorn
Journal article by John Wareham; The Explicator, Vol. 53, 1995
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
...concurrence of hawthorns greenery with sallows sheen, and by the compressed syntax that puts "woods and hedges" on a level with "blackthorn dell." "Green first spring" simultaneously conveys color, earliness, and season. The middle stanza presents the "green...
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Definition of a 1.06-mb Region Linked to Neuroinflammation in Humans, Rats and Mice
Journal article by Johan Öckinger, Pablo Serrano-Fernández, Steffen Möller, Saleh M. Ibrahim; Genetics, Vol. 173, 2006
Subjects: Apoptosis, E coli, Genes, Rheumatoid arthritis, Rodents
...originally obtained from the Zentral-institut fur Versuchstierzucht (Hannover, Germany) and PVG.AV1 rats from Harlan UK (Blackthorn, UK). Animals were bred and housed at the Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm), in polystyrene cages containing...
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They Sail No More: Remembering the Blackthorn Tragedy
Magazine article by Edward J. Kruska; Sea Classics, Vol. 41, October 2008
...the buoy tender USCGC Blackthorn nearly 29-years ago...anniversaries of the Blackthorns sinking demonstrates...at the site of the Blackthorn Memorial Park at St...World War II, read the Blackthorn Memorial plaque while...Ralph Wilson rang the Blackthorns bell. Harwell then...
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Bennis Says Americans Should Make Peace
Magazine article by Marjorie Blackthorn; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 28, August 2009
Subjects: Iraq War-2003, Middle East, Peace
Bennis Says Americans Should Make Peace by Marjorie Blackthorn POLITICAL analyst and author Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at both the Transitional...www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?page=fellows_bennis>. -Marjorie Blackthorn
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'In Peril upon the Seas': 'surf Soldiers' Make the Ultimate Sacrifice
Magazine article by Richard K. Kolb; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 87, August 2000
Subjects: Armed forces, Boating accidents & safety, Coast Guard-US, Evacuations & rescues, History, Memorials & monuments
...permanent tributes to large loss-of-life accidents. For instance, Blackthorn Memorial Park in St. Petersburg, Fla., remembers the 23 crewmen killed when the Blackthorn collided with a tanker in early 1980. Considering the nations mania...
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Are Video Games Conservative?
Magazine article by Ben Hourigan; Review - Institute of Public Affairs, Vol. 57, September 2005
Subjects: Australia, Children & youth, Computer & video games, Conservatism, Culture, Parents & parenting, Research, Social conditions & trends
...corrupt the mind of the regent left in charge, Lord Blackthorn. Where Britannian society was previously bound together...peoples voluntary adherence to a unique code of ethics, Blackthorn institutes a code of laws that force people to perform...
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New Players Enter the Fray: Investors from Brazil, India and Dubai Have Joined the More Traditional Organisations in a Scramble for Stakes in Africa's Mining Sector as the Global Economy Begins Its Recovery. Neil Ford Provides the Details
Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, February 2010
Subjects: Mineral industry--Economic aspects, Mineral industry--Industry forecasts, Mineral industry--Investments, Mining industry--Economic aspects, Mining industry--Industry forecasts, Mining industry--Investments
...joined the Sahelian mining recovery with news that Glencore and Blackthorn Resources are to form a joint venture to develop the Perkoa...Glencore is to invest $72m for its 50.1% stake, leaving Blackthorn with 39.9% and the government of Burkina Faso the remaining...
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Part Pub, Part Hub Blackthorn Grille Has a Warm and Welcoming Irish Touch
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 25, 2008
Subjects: Bars (Drinking establishments), Bars, saloons, etc., Restaurants
...Service: The service at Blackthorn was extremely friendly...bar? Liquid consumption: Blackthorn has a full bar at its disposal...fairly obvious what I got off Blackthorns menu. And I must say, it...in the mood for a Reuben, Blackthorn has a lot more to offer...
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Farmhouse Comedy Proves a Grass Act; REVIEW: Blackthorn, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 4, 2010
...Comedy Proves a Grass Act; REVIEW: Blackthorn, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold. AN explosive...sets the pace for Gary Owens new play Blackthorn at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold, and...more than a blue felt circle and some blackthorn bushes, yet combined with wonderful...
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Blackthorn Rise to the Challenge; Morpeth Sunday League
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), September 27, 2008
Blackthorn Rise to the Challenge; Morpeth Sunday League. BLACKTHORN Rovers made it through from the MKM Challenge Cups preliminary round with a 7-3 win over North End Trap. Craig Robinson grabbed a hattrick, Andrew Timson added two and Scott...
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YOU ARE GOLD! Cabins Scoop a Top National Tourism Award
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), July 27, 2010
Subjects: Tourism, Travel industry
...gem on Teesside is winning awards. Blackthorn Gate in Nunthorpe opened in September...Corrigan. Located near Roseberry Topping, Blackthorn Gate includes four luxurious self...Hyderabad, Florida and Pennsylvania. Now Blackthorn Gate has scooped a Gold Award from the...
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Ceili Culture Keeps in Step with Ireland
Newspaper article by Mark Longaker; The Washington Times, March 15, 2001
...emerald path. Saturday night, the Blackthorn Ceili Dancers will kick out the jams...giving away a shillelagh, or traditional blackthorn stick, as a door prize. The dance...session fiddler Philippe Varlet leads the Blackthorn Ceili Band, including flutist Rob Greenway...
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encyclopedia articles on: Blackthorn  - 3 results

 
 
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Blackthorn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BLACKTHORN or sloe, low, spreading, thorny bush...Native to the Mediterranean area, the blackthorn is cultivated for hedges, its limbs...of the hawthorns is sometimes called blackthorn. Blackthorn is classified in the division...
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Sloe
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SLOE name applied to the blackthorn and also to various American wild plums. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Rose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...meadowsweet, and hardhack), Rosa (the true roses), Crataegus ( hawthorn ), and Prunus (including the almond , apricot , blackthorn or sloe, cherry , nectarine , peach , and plum ). Economically the rose family is of enormous importance. It provides numerous...


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