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hobblebush

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[hob-uhl-boosh] / ˈhɒb əlˌbʊʃ /

noun

  1. a North American shrub, Viburnum alnifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of white flowers and red-to-black berrylike fruit.

Etymology

Origin of hobblebush

1810–20, hobble + bush 1; so called from the fact that it obstructs the way with its branches

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