HyperDic: scarlet_haw

English > 1 sense of the expression *scarlet haw*:
NOUN	plant	scarlet haw, Crataegus biltmoreana	common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries

English > *scarlet haw*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries.
Synonym	Crataegus biltmoreana
Member of	Crataegus, genus Crataegus	thorny shrubs and small trees
Broader	hawthorn, haw	A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus