black haw
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black haw
An Americanism dating back to 1700–10
Example Sentences
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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 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
In the West the black haw is a round-headed, native tree found from Puget Sound southward through California and eastward to Colorado and New Mexico.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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
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