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SCARLET HAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scarlet haw mean?
• SCARLET HAW (noun)
The noun SCARLET HAW has 1 sense:
1. common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries
Familiarity information: SCARLET HAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Crataegus biltmoreana; scarlet haw
Hypernyms ("scarlet haw" is a kind of...):
haw; hawthorn (a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus)
Holonyms ("scarlet haw" is a member of...):
Crataegus; genus Crataegus (thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple)
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