viburnum
any of numerous shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Viburnum, of the honeysuckle family, certain species of which, as the cranberry bush, V. opulus, or snowball, are cultivated for ornament.
the dried bark of various species of Viburnum, used in medicine.
Origin of viburnum
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How to use viburnum in a sentence
A noticeable plant was a very large viburnum, which has a liane-like habit and clambers up high trees.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesIn the hilly counties its place is taken by the southern black haw, viburnum rufidulum which only rarely attains tree size.
Trees of Indiana | Charles Clemon Deamviburnum lentago, which grows in the river valleys here naturally, is doing finely.
viburnum opulus and its preparations are therefore to be dropped from the next United States Pharmacopeia.
His noble blood, red as viburnum berries beside the river, welled forth in a stream staining his yellow, gold-embroidered caftan.
Taras Bulba and Other Tales | Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
British Dictionary definitions for viburnum
/ (vaɪˈbɜːnəm) /
any of various temperate and subtropical caprifoliaceous shrubs or trees of the genus Viburnum, such as the wayfaring tree, having small white flowers and berry-like red or black fruits
the dried bark of several species of this tree, sometimes used in medicine
Origin of viburnum
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