sweet viburnum

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Circles of creamy white here and there among the hazel brush mark the later blossoms of the sweet viburnum.

We followed a dim path fringed with white-thorn and sprays of sweet viburnum blossoms.

The Captain told the Band that these were nanny-plums, sometimes known as sweet viburnum.

The fruit of the sweet viburnum, nanny-berry or sheepberry, is said to be edible.

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