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

To his teachers, Severyn presented bouquets of guelder roses, a flowering plant symbolic of Ukraine, she said.

From Washington Post

She took his cap from his head, ruffled his hair, saying: "If you were a faun, I would put guelder roses round your hair, and make you look Bacchanalian."

From Project Gutenberg

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

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And the stars blinked in through the open window, and she could see the faint whiteness of a bush of guelder roses against the curtain of the brooding night.

From Project Gutenberg

Peggy has put out a hand to steady herself on the ladder, since, for a moment, church and heaped flower-baskets, guelder roses and lilac branches, whirl round with her.

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