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• guelder rose
  guelder rose

  noun

  a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.
• guelder-rose
  guelder-rose

  noun

  a Eurasian caprifoliaceous shrub, Viburnum opulus, with clusters of white flowers and small red fruits

guelder rose

American  

[gel-der rohz] / ˈgɛl dər ˌroʊz /

noun

1. a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.

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guelder-rose British  

/ ˈɡɛldəˌrəʊz /

noun

1. a Eurasian caprifoliaceous shrub, Viburnum opulus, with clusters of white flowers and small red fruits

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Etymology

Origin of guelder rose

First recorded in 1590–1600; after Guelders

Example Sentences

The 5th, I see strawberries and the Guelder rose in blossom.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

And Rotha stood still once before the snowy balls of a Guelder rose, so white and fresh and fair that they dazzled her.

From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan

Guelder rose and dog rose and privet blossom side by side with elder and spindle wood; above holly and hazel and buckthorn stand up gnarled and wind-driven yews, bent over the road from the south-west.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh

I am going to the cottage, with its windows small and low, Where the sweetbrier twines its roses and the Guelder rose its snow.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

Vernon in Washington's carriage, he sent back by the driver some young shoots of the Persian jessamine and Guelder rose.

From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)