PEAR HAW

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Meaning:

Erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries

Synonyms:

blackthorn; Crataegus calpodendron; Crataegus tomentosa; pear haw; pear hawthorn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

haw; hawthorn (a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus)

Holonyms ("pear haw" is a member of...):

Crataegus; genus Crataegus (thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple)

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