wayfaring tree

American  

[wey-fair-ing tree] / ˈweɪˌfɛər ɪŋ ˌtri /

noun

1. British, whitten.  a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.

2. the hobblebush.

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wayfaring tree British  

noun

1. a caprifoliaceous shrub, Viburnum lantana, of Europe and W Asia, having white flowers and berries that turn from red to black

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Etymology

Origin of wayfaring tree

First recorded in 1590–1600; short for wayfaring man's tree

Example Sentences

“That’ll be good enough at a pinch,” said Bigwig, munching clover and sniffing at the fallen bloom from a wayfaring tree.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

An open wood, chiefly of dwarf oak, and shrubs such as the wayfaring tree, the guelder-rose, and the fly-honeysuckle, now stretches along the opposite side of the gorge.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

The twigs of the wayfaring tree are covered with a mealy substance which comes off on the fingers when touched.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

Among the many berries of autumn those of the wayfaring tree may be known by their flattened shape, as if the sides had been pressed in like a flask.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard

In the hedges on the northern slopes of the Downs, towards the Weald, or plain, the wayfaring tree grows in large shrubs, blooming among the thorns.

From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard