black haw

American  

noun

1. sheepberry.

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Etymology

Origin of black haw

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Example Sentences

Tugging at the strings of the poke bonnet, she stepped toward the cover of a nearby black haw whose flat-topped, branch-end clusters of bloom gleamed like phosphorus over a dark sea.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

The fruit of the black haw, or stag-bush, is not edible until after frost has touched it.

From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Beard, Lina

The young man waited, standing by a black haw upon the bank of the little stream.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

An' back a little an' there's jest thickets of papaw, an' thorns, an' wild grape-vines, an' crab, an' red an' black haw, an' dogwood, an' sumac, an' spicebush, an' trees!

From The Song of the Cardinal by Stratton-Porter, Gene

They may not endure the moister air near the Mississippi, but there we have already many useful natives, like the black haw and thorn apple, that are as yet almost unnoticed.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.