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Definition of Black haw

1. Noun. Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico.

2. Noun. Upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Haw

black game black garden ant black gold black grama black greasewood black grouse black grouses black guillemot black guillemots black gum

black gums black hairstreak black hairstreaks black hat black hats black haw (current term) black heel black hellebore black hellebores black hemlock

black henbane black hickory black hole black holes black horehound black huckleberry black humor black humour black ice black information

Literary usage of Black haw

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

1. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"black haw, STAG BUSH, SLOE. (Viburnum prunifolium) A small tree up to 20 or 30 feet high, much like the Nanny-berry; fruit black, sweet and edible. ..."

2. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1888)
"black haw bark of root, compressed in pound packages for retailing purposes. ... Fluid Extract black haw.—Not miscible with water without Dose, ..."

3. Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science by D. G. Brinton (1887)
"By its quieting effect on the contracted uterus at the menstrual epoch, black haw allows the flow to go on without causing the patient to suffer as much as ..."

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