red haw

/rɛd hɔ/
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Other forms: red haws

Definitions of red haw
  1. noun
    American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers
    synonyms: Crataegus coccinea, Crataegus pedicellata
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    type of:
    haw, hawthorn
    a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
  2. noun
    American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
    synonyms: Crataegus coccinea mollis, Crataegus mollis, downy haw
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    type of:
    haw, hawthorn
    a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
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