Plural of arañon, fruit and plant of the Blackthorn ( prunus spinosa ) shrub in the family Rosaceae, whose drupe, bluish, harsh taste and astringent, of the size of an olive, is used to make jams and prepare liquor, as the pacharán. The plant has more than a hundred different names in Spain. Some, with different phonetic variants, are these: Abluno, abrunal, amargalejo, amenjana, andrino, aranonero, aran, brinon, brunal, chilindrino, cirolilla, bravo plum, Hawthorn, andrinero, escayu, grunolera, black, pacharán, pruno, prunal, nagging...
