haw
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- noun
- /hɔ/
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espino
- For the farewell party, we bought sodas, boiled periwinkles, popsicles, moon cakes, toffees, melons, and haw jelly.
Another classic old school Asian snack, Haw Flake.
- Another classic old school Asian snack, Haw Flake.
Examples
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The scrubland was dotted with black haw, creating a picturesque view with its seasonal fruit.
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The black haw is known for its striking white flowers and red berries.
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How I hold on to him does not make him feel needed or strong, but simply fits -- we are as natural in each other's environment as the resurgent black haw is to this prairie.
Blog text (26) -
The sign hammered into a tree where the trail forked said HAW KNOB, ELEV. 5,472 FEET.
Fiction book (1995) -
We reach the edge of the rusty black haws, and a limb dripping with berries stretches out across our path.
Blog text (26) -
He is excited, genuinely excited, because here, where the native Texas prairie struggles to reclaim her footing, she has birthed a wild resurgence of rusty black haw.
Blog text (26) -
In early spring, the haw blooms attract many pollinators to the garden.
Synonyms
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A small tree or bush with white spring flowers and red berries
A small tree with red berries and soft hairy leaves and stems
A tree that makes small red sour fruit used to make jelly
A small tree with few thorns that has pear-shaped berries
A small tree with leaves cut like parsley that makes red berries and grows in the southern United States
Compounds
- US
A small tree or bush with white flowers and dark blue edible berries often grown in gardens
- US
A small tree with leaves cut like parsley that makes red berries and grows in the southern United States
- US
A shrub that loses its leaves in winter and has bright red berries that attract birds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Haw for the small red fruit comes from hawthorn, the common hedge tree, and the name links to the idea of a 'hedge', so a haw is the berry you find on thorny hedges.