BLACK HAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black haw mean? 

• BLACK HAW (noun)
  The noun BLACK HAW has 2 senses:

1. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

2. upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK HAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black haw; Bumelia lanuginosa; chittamwood; chittimwood; false buckthorn; shittimwood

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

buckthorn (any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black haw; Viburnum prunifolium

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)