black haw

noun

1. sheepberry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of black haw¹

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Example Sentences

The black haw has the characteristic flowers and fruit of its genus, but is smaller throughout than the other two, and its branches are stout.

From Project Gutenberg

The last admonition was shared with the bent old lady, who was too dim-sighted, evidently, to have seen her laborer’s telepogram and now appeared from around the misnamed white-blooming black haw.

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The young man waited, standing by a black haw upon the bank of the little stream.

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The fruit of the black haw, or stag-bush, is not edible until after frost has touched it.

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They may not endure the moister air near the Mississippi, but there we have already many useful natives, like the black haw and thorn apple, that are as yet almost unnoticed.

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