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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:
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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