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guelder rose
[ gel-der rohz ]
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
/ ˈɡɛldəˌrəʊz /
noun
- a Eurasian caprifoliaceous shrub, Viburnum opulus, with clusters of white flowers and small red fruits
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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.
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The guelder rose bushes were bright with their clumps of red berries, glittering and transparent like Venetian glass.
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I plucked a few bunches of guelder-rose fruits, transparent, ruby berries.
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Two squirrels one day ran along the palings and up into a guelder-rose tree in the garden.
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Mrs. Bickford leaned over to pick up a heavy-headed Guelder-rose that had dropped on the floor.
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