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

Another member of the genus, Viburnum, Lantana, wayfaring tree, is found in dry copses and hedges in England, except in the north.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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

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

For the elder was known as the wayfaring tree and was sacred to pilgrims and travellers.

From England of My Heart : Spring by Hutton, Edward