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RED HAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red haw mean? 

RED HAW (noun)
  The noun RED HAW has 2 senses:

1. American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowersplay

2. American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairsplay

  Familiarity information: RED HAW used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED HAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crataegus coccinea; Crataegus pedicellata; red haw

Hypernyms ("red haw" is a kind of...):

haw; hawthorn (a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus)


Sense 2

Meaning:

American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crataegus coccinea mollis; Crataegus mollis; downy haw; red haw

Hypernyms ("red haw" is a kind of...):

haw; hawthorn (a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus)

Holonyms ("red haw" is a member of...):

Crataegus; genus Crataegus (thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple)


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