hobblebush

[hob-uh l-boo sh]

noun

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

Origin of hobblebush

1810–20, Americanism; hobble + bush¹; so called from the fact that it obstructs the way with its branches

Also called American wayfaring tree.

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