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restharrow

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈɹɛsthaɹəʊ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis, especially common restharrow (Ononis repens), which has pink flowers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rest-harrow, Ononis repens

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex

3

noun

Meaning 3

Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rest-harrow, Ononis spinosa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex

History

Etymology

From wrest + harrow, from the idea that the plant's tough roots would stop a harrow (agricultural implement used to break up soil).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: athje — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Arabic: شُبْرُق (šubruq) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Armenian: եզնարգել (eznargel) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Bulgarian: гръмотръ́н (grǎmotrǎ́n) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Catalan: gavó — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Czech: jehlice — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Dutch: stalkruid — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Finnish: orakko — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Finnish: rento-orakko — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • French: bugrane — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • German: Hauhechel — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Ancient Greek: ὄνωνις (ónōnis) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Hungarian: iglice — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Italian: ononide — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Macedonian: грмотрн (grmotrn) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Macedonian: зајачки трн (zajački trn) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Middle English: cammok — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Polish: wilżyna — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Romanian: osul-iepurelui — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Russian: ста́льник (stálʹnik) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Scottish Gaelic: sreang-bogha — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Scottish Gaelic: sreang-thrian — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: зечји трн — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: гдадиш — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: грмотрн — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: гладишика — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: гладушац — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: zečji trn — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: gladiš — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: grmotrn — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: gladišika — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Serbo-Croatian: gladušac — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Slovak: ihlica — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Slovene: gladež — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Upper Sorbian: tryčk — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Turkish: kayışkıran — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Ottoman Turkish: قایش قیران (kayış kıran) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis
  • Ukrainian: вовчу́г (vovčúh) — any of various species of small shrubs making up the genus Ononis