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BLACK HAW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

black haw; Viburnum prunifolium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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