Definition of Black haw

1. Noun. Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico.


2. Noun. Upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America.
Exact synonyms: Viburnum Prunifolium
Group relationships: Genus Viburnum, Viburnum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Haw

black game
black garden ant
black gold
black grama
black greasewood
black grouse
black grouses
black guillemot
black guillemots
black gum
black gums
black hairstreak
black hairstreaks
black hat
black hats
black haw (current term)
black heel
black hellebore
black hellebores
black hemlock
black henbane
black hickory
black hole
black holes
black horehound
black huckleberry
black humor
black humour
black ice
black information

Literary usage of Black haw

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"black haw, STAG BUSH, SLOE. (Viburnum prunifolium) A small tree up to 20 or 30 feet high, much like the Nanny-berry; fruit black, sweet and edible. ..."

2. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1888)
"black haw bark of root, compressed in pound packages for retailing purposes. ... Fluid Extract black haw.—Not miscible with water without Dose, ..."

3. Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science by D. G. Brinton (1887)
"By its quieting effect on the contracted uterus at the menstrual epoch, black haw allows the flow to go on without causing the patient to suffer as much as ..."

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