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guelder rose

[ gel-der rohz ]

noun

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


guelder-rose

/ ˈɡɛldəˌrəʊz /

noun

  1. a Eurasian caprifoliaceous shrub, Viburnum opulus, with clusters of white flowers and small red fruits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of guelder rose1

First recorded in 1590–1600; after Guelders
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Word History and Origins

Origin of guelder rose1

C16: from Dutch geldersche roos, from Gelderland or Gelders, province of Holland
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Example Sentences

There were still some "snowballs" on the great guelder rose-bushes, and the waxberries on the little one's gleamed like pearls.

The guelder rose bushes were bright with their clumps of red berries, glittering and transparent like Venetian glass.

I plucked a few bunches of guelder-rose fruits, transparent, ruby berries.

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

Mrs. Bickford leaned over to pick up a heavy-headed Guelder-rose that had dropped on the floor.

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