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black haw

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sheep⋅ber⋅ry

[sheep-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. a North American shrub or small tree, Viburnum lentago, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of small white flowers and edible, berrylike black drupes.
2. the fruit itself.
Also called black haw, nannyberry.


Origin:
1805–15, Americanism; sheep + berry
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black haw  
n.  Either of two deciduous plants (Viburnum lentago or V. prunifolium) native to the eastern United States and having clusters of white flowers and blue-black berrylike fruits.
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