1. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
   "haw berries are used in traditional medicine for heart health";
   - hawthorn
    
2. The nictitating membrane of a horse
   "The veterinarian examined the horse's haw for signs of infection"

1. Utter ‘haw’
   "he hemmed and hawed"

1. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
   - Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha State, HI

Sounds like: hangers, hang, haw, hoar, w

Derived forms: haws, hawing, hawed

Type of: American state, bush, emit, let loose, let out, nictitating membrane, shrub, third eyelid, utter

Part of: America, Crataegus, genus Crataegus, H.I., Hawaiian Islands, 'Merica, Sandwich Islands, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Haw, Chris