parsley haw

1. 1.

   southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves

   Synonymsparsley-leaved thornCrataegus apiifoliaCrataegus marshallii

   Broaderhawthorn

   Part ofCrataegus

Questions about parsley haw

What does parsley haw mean?

parsley haw means "southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves".

What is another word for parsley haw?

Close synonyms include parsley-leaved thorn, Crataegus apiifolia, Crataegus marshallii. 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 parsley haw a common word?

parsley haw is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.