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1. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

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

1. : a shrub (Viburnum prunifolium) bearing cymes of white flowers and bluish black drupes

2.

a. : southern buckthorn

b. : false buckthorn

3. : either of two trees (Bumelia tenax and B. lanuginosa) of the southern United States

4. also black hawthorn : a hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) of the western United States

sheepberry.

[1700-10, Amer.]

black haw,

1. a North American shrub of the honeysuckle family, having large clusters (cymes) of white flowers and a bright blue-black fruit (drupe); stagbush.

2. a similar shrub, the sheepberry.