aubespin
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan albespi, from Late Latin alba spīna (with a change in gender), from Latin alba (“white”) + spīna (“thorn”). Cf. French aubépine, Italian albaspina, Franco-Provençal arbèpin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aubespin m (plural aubespins)
- (Provençal, Vivaro-Alpine) hawthorn, whitethorn, a plant in the genus Crataegus