SCARLET HAW

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Meaning:

Common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries

Synonyms:

Crataegus biltmoreana; scarlet haw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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

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