downy haw dow·ny·haw uncommon noun 1. American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs Synonymsred hawdowny hawCrataegus mollisCrataegus coccinea mollis Related words Broader terms hawthorn Parts Crataegus WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
