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  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

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The berries were the high bush cranberries which grow on a shrub about the height of the guelder rose.

From The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada by William Henry Giles Kingston

A glint of Jane's white frock could be seen behind a guelder rose near the fountain.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

We shall have the word In a minor third There is none but the cuckoo knows: Heaps of the guelder rose!

From Browning's Heroines by Maxwell Armfield

Budding trees encircled it, a guelder rose bush overtopped it, and delicate fern-like moss sprang through the grass underfoot.

From The Princess of the School by Frank Wiles

The guelder rose bears juicy, red, elliptical berries, 1⁄3 in. long, which ripen in September, and contain each a single compressed seed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Through the glass door and the arching berceau, I commanded the deep vista of the allée défendue: thither rushed Sylvie, glistening through its gloom like a white guelder-rose.

From Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Two squirrels one day ran along the palings and up into a guelder-rose tree in the garden.

From Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies

To these follow the great peonies, in their full, dashing colors of crimson, white and pink, and the tree-like snow-ball, or guelder-rose.

From Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Lewis Falley Allen

At the sides of the house were bushes of lilac and guelder-rose and privet, entirely hiding the farm buildings behind.

From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

And it is impossible to bear with the guelder-rose—the guelder-rose must be adored.

From Browning's Heroines by Maxwell Armfield