guelder rose
English
Guelder rose, flowers left, fruit right
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named after the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
Noun
guelder rose (plural guelder roses)
- A cultivated plant, Viburnum opulus, having small white flowers.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 799)
- My husband bought some guelder roses from an Albanian
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 799)
Synonyms
- (plant): water elder, European cranberry bush, cramp bark, snowball tree
Translations
guelder rose, snowball tree
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