hobblebush

[ hob-uhl-boosh ]

noun

1. a North American shrub, Viburnum alnifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of white flowers and red-to-black berrylike fruit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hobblebush¹

1810–20, Americanism; hobble + bush ¹; so called from the fact that it obstructs the way with its branches