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单词 black haw
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black hawn.

Brit. /ˈblak ˌhɔː/, U.S. /ˈblæk ˌhɔ/, /ˈblæk ˌhɑ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., haw n.2
Etymology: < black adj. + haw n.2
Chiefly North American.
1. The stag bush, Viburnum prunifolium, of the south-eastern United States; the edible blue-black fruit of this plant. Also: a medicinal preparation of the bark of this plant, sometimes used as an antispasmodic.Occasionally also applied to the similar plant, V. lentago, and its fruit.
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1688 J. Ray Historia Plantarum II. (Appendix) sig. Aaaaaaaa2 Rhamnus Prunifolius fructu nigro... The black Haw.
1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 107 The Black haw grows on a slender Tree, about the Height of a Quince-Tree, or something higher.
1785 G. Washington Diary 2 Mar. (1978) IV. 97 Planted the remainder of the Ash Trees..all the black haws—all the large berried thorns.
1833 Farmers' Reg. Aug. 145/2 The Slow or Black Haw, (Viburnum Prunifolium) one of the prettiest of our many native shrubs..may be propagated from the seeds.
1857 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1856–7 2 631 They are also very fond of the berries of the black-haw (Viburnum lentago).
1872 E. Eggleston End of World xxi. 145 The black-haw bushes hung over the roadside.
1891 Fur, Fin & Feather Mar. 169 A bear likes wild plums and black haws.
1914 Eclectic Med. Jrnl. Oct. 542 As a uterine sedative and tonic I use black haw perhaps oftener than any other drug.
1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air 79 The blossoms on the apple, chokecherry and saskatoon trees had dropped off, but the black haws stood smothered in white.
2004 G. Sternberg Native Trees N. Amer. 500/2 All viburnums tolerate shade much better than drought, but blackhaw is much less picky than most shrubby viburnums.
2. Any of several kinds of hawthorn (genus Crataegus) with dark purple berries; esp. C. douglasii, of the north-west coast of North America.
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1897 G. B. Sudworth Arborescent Flora U.S. 230 Cratægus tomentosa. Black Haw... [Also called] Pear Haw (Miss., Ohio).
1920 C. F. Saunders Useful Wild Plants of U.S. & Canada v. 92 The shining blackish berries of the Black Haw (Crataegus Douglasii, Lindl.), common in the Pacific Northwest, and sweet and juicy enough to be pleasant eating uncooked.
1983 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 5 Oct. a10/1 The Department of Conservation is trying to find some seeds of black haw, a native small tree.
2003 A. S. Earle & J. L. Reveal Lewis & Clark's Green World 85/1 The black haw is a large shrub or small tree growing to twenty feet or so.
3. A small tree, Sideroxylon (formerly Bumelia) lanuginosum (family Sapotaceae), with blue-black berries found in the southern United States and Mexico. Now rare.
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1897 G. B. Sudworth Arborescent Flora U.S. 318 Bumelia lanuginosa... Common Names... Black Haw.
1933 J. K. Small Man. Southeastern Flora 1034 B. lanuginosa..Black-haw... The yellow or light-brown heart-wood is close-grained, but rather soft.
1960 R. A. Vines Trees, Shrubs, & Woody Vines Southwest 833 B. lanuginosa... Vernacular names are..False-buckthorn, and Blackhaw. The black fruit is edible, but not tasty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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