Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Caprifoliaceæ and tribe Sambuceæ.
- noun [lowercase] A plant of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental plants, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any of many
shrubs andtrees , of the genusViburnum , native to theNorthern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Years ago I was given a rare shrub called a viburnum bodentense.
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Years ago I was given a rare shrub called a viburnum bodentense.
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The botanical appellation of this curious shrub is _Viburnum oxycoccos_; but there is another species of the viburnum, which is also styled
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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The botanical appellation of this curious shrub is _Viburnum oxycoccos_; but there is another species of the viburnum, which is also styled "oxycoccos."
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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HOW: To capitalize on its rigid structure, plant it with more formal growers such as viburnum davidii or tightly sheared osmanthus delavayi.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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It is distinguished from other burkwood viburnum cultivars because of its compact spreading growth habit - four to five feet tall and seven to eight feet wide.
New crop of hybrid plants demonstrate beauty of ingenuity Joel M. Lerner 2011
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The plants listed in that article as most deer-resistant are conoy viburnum, switchgrass and green giant arborvitae.
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Snowball viburnum and rhododendron (pictured) are valuable plants that need regular maintenance.
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Instead of transplanting, some plants, such as rhododendron or viburnum, might be made into small trees.
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Chindo viburnum (V. awabuki 'Chindo') is a broadleaf evergreen that has fared well over the past winters.
A spring shower of queries on stink bugs, shade trees, more 2010
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July 14, 2008