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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 woody shoots of the guelder rose are manufactured into various small articles in Sweden and Russia.

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

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles

Here a guelder rose thrust its soft puffy balls almost in his face, while the white shimmering leaves of the maple contrasted superbly with the dark-veined leaves of the copper beech.

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

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 Wiles, Frank

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 Armfield, Maxwell