viburnum

vi·bur·num  (v-bûrnm)

n.

Any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Viburnum, having opposite leaves, showy terminal clusters of small white or pink flowers, and red or black drupes.

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[New Latin Vburnum, genus name, from Latin vburnum, a kind of shrub.]

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viburnum [vaɪˈbɜːnəm]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the dried bark of several species of this tree, sometimes used in medicine

[from Latin: wayfaring tree]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Viburnum - deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree genus Viburnum asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs Caprifoliaceae, family Caprifoliaceae, honeysuckle family - shrubs and small trees and woody vines American cranberry bush, cranberry bush, highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum, cranberry tree - deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana, wayfaring tree - vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black crampbark, cranberry tree, European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, guelder rose, Viburnum opulus - deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries southern arrow wood, Viburnum dentatum, arrow wood - deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows arrow wood, Viburnum recognitum - closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia Viburnum prunifolium, black haw - upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America

Translations

viburnum [vaɪˈbɜːnəm] N → viburno m