red haw

Questions about red haw

What does red haw mean?

red haw means "American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for red haw?

Close synonyms include Crataegus pedicellata, Crataegus coccinea, downy haw, Crataegus mollis, Crataegus coccinea mollis. 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 red haw a common word?

red 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.