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Definition of Downy haw
1. Noun. American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs.
Group relationships: Crataegus, Genus Crataegus
Generic synonyms: Haw, Hawthorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downy Haw
Literary usage of Downy haw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... calyx-lobes deciduous ; flesh thick, edible. Southern Ontario to South Dakota.
Central Tennessee and Arkansas. May ; fruit ripe September. downy haw. ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"... the southeastern counties, from Richardson to Lancaster and Douglas (2G).
downy haw (Crataegus mollis (T. & G.) Scheele) occurs in the Missouri forests, ..."
3. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"... fruit ripens and falls early in October. Type locality: "Biltmore, NC" Crataegus
mollis (Torr. & Gray) Scheele, Linnaea, 21:569. 1848. downy haw. ..."
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