pear haw

What does pear haw mean?

pear haw means "erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries".

What is another word for pear haw?

Close synonyms include blackthorn, pear hawthorn, Crataegus calpodendron, Crataegus tomentosa. 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 pear haw a common word?

pear 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pear haw come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.