Lexic.us

Definition of Red haw

1. Noun. American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers.

2. Noun. American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Haw

red foxes red giant red giant star red giants red ginger red goatfish red goods red goosefoot red gram red grouse

red guard red guards red gum red hair red half-moon red haw (current term) red heat red helleborine red hepatisation red herring

red herrings red hot red huckleberry red induration red infarct red ink red jungle fowl red juniper red kangaroo red kangaroos

Literary usage of Red haw

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

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... HAW (C. mollis) red haw FF. Stamens 10, anthers yellow. F. Stamens 20, anthers yellow; leaves broad and thick; fruit scarlet, downy. ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... HAW (C. mollis) red haw FF. Stamens 10, anthers yellow. F. Stamens 20, anthers yellow; leaves broad and thick; fruit scarlet, downy. ..."

3. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1895)
"Crataegus coccinea L. Red-haw. A small tree found mostly la the southern part ... Red-haw. A southern species with inedible fruit, wnich has been found in ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... with triangular lids showing the red haw; flews long, thin and pendulous, the upper lip overhanging the lower one; neck long, with profuse dewlap; ..."

5. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"In Louisiana groves of honey locust, red haw, and live oak dot the outer prairie region. Inland from the great longleaf pine belt the calcareous layers of ..."

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