black haw

Questions about black haw

What does black haw mean?

black haw means "deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for black haw?

Close synonyms include false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, Bumelia lanuginosa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black haw a common word?

black haw is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.