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black haw

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One of several woody plants of a few species, especially of Viburnum, all native to North America:

Sideroxylon lanuginosum, also native to Mexico.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 2

One of several woody plants of a few species, especially of Viburnum, all native to North America:

Viburnum lentago.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

One of several woody plants of a few species, especially of Viburnum, all native to North America:

Viburnum prunifolium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 4

One of several woody plants of a few species, especially of Viburnum, all native to North America:

Viburnum rufidulum (rusty blackhaw).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: Viburnum prunifolium

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Broader terms: shrub, bush

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Meaning 6

deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, Bumelia lanuginosa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: buckthorn

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