WordNet
n. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico [syn: false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, Bumelia lanuginosa]
upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America [syn: Viburnum prunifolium]
Wikipedia
Black haw is a common name for several woody plants and may refer to:
- Sideroxylon lanuginosum
- Viburnum lentago
- Viburnum prunifolium
- Viburnum rufidulum (Rusty blackhaw)
Usage examples of "black haw".
Herbalists talk about Jalap and Black Haw, but to the uninitiated Bindweed and Guelder Rose are far more familiar, and it is under these names that they will be found in this herbal.
The apple was mixed in a bowl of herbs-sliced burdock root, black haw, cramp bark, dandelion, nettle leaf-with a touch of oil, and for meat she had a piece of kid simmered in bland broth.
But, Archie remembered, there was a black haw tree down in the river bottom and last night's frost would have touched the fruit.