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guelder rose

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guel·der rose  (gldr)
n.
A Eurasian shrub (Viburnum opulus) having clusters of white flowers and small red fruit.
[After Guelderland (Gelderland), The Netherlands.]
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Noun1.guelder roseguelder rose - deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
crampbark, cranberry tree, European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, Viburnum opulus
genus Viburnum, Viburnum - deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems


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The trees, with their different kinds of foliage, rise up straight and tall, fantastically colored by patches of lichen, forming magnificent colonnades, with a line of straggling hedgerow of guelder rose, briar rose, box and arbutus above and below the roadway at their feet.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
The--er--Aster, and the Crocus, and the--er--Ladies' Smock in her season, the Chrysanthemum after her kind, and the Guelder Rose bringing forth abundantly withal.
Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
And the light music of the dropping whey is in my ears, mingling with the twittering of a bird outside the wire network window--the window overlooking the garden, and shaded by tall Guelder roses.
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