black haw

American  

noun

1. sheepberry.

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Etymology

Origin of black haw

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Example Sentences

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black haw

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

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.

The last admonition was shared with the bent old lady, who was too dim-sighted, evidently, to have seen her laborer’s telepogram and now appeared from around the misnamed white-blooming black haw.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel

We saved a heap of bark from wild cherry and poplar and black haw and slippery ellum trees and we dried out mullein leaves.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

One writer gave black haw and snowball as their favourite foods, and the length of the caterpillar when full grown nearly two inches.

From Moths of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene