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arrow-wood
An American name for species of Viburnum (V. dentatum, pubescens, etc.) from the long straight stems of which the American Indians make the shafts of their arrows. Also applied to other shrubs having straight tough shoots, as Euonymus, Pluchea sericea, etc.
1709Lawson New Voy. Carolina 100 Arrow-wood, growing on the banks, is used, by the Indians, for arrows and gun-sticks. 1717J. Petiver Petiveriana III. 221 Arrow-wood. Used by the Indians for Arrows and Gun-sticks. 1819McMurtrie Sk. Louisville 217 Euonymus carolinensis, Indian Arrow Wood. 1848in Bartlett Dict. Amer. 1850New Eng. Farmer II. 60 The first [dogwood]..is the Arrowwood. 1866in Treas. Bot. |