BLACK HAW


Meaning of BLACK HAW in English

noun

1. : a shrub ( Viburnum prunifolium ) bearing cymes of white flowers and bluish black drupes

2.

a. : southern buckthorn

b. : false buckthorn

3. : either of two trees ( Bumelia tenax and B. lanuginosa ) of the southern United States

4. also black hawthorn : a hawthorn ( Crataegus douglasii ) of the western United States

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