The name of a shrub of which the twigs are used to tie up faggots, etc. Identified by Bradley with the Way-faring Tree or Wild Guelder Rose.

The guelder rose, Viburnum opulus. Cf. ople, n., opulus, n.

Any of various shrubs of the family Caprifoliaceae, formerly placed in the former genus Opulus and now included in the genus Viburnum, and typified…

The guelder rose, Viburnum opulus. Also ople tree. Cf. opier, n., opulus, n.

†(a) the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, which has leaves somewhat resembling those of plane trees (obsolete); (b) a naturally or artificially…

the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus (also called marsh elder).

In full whitten-tree. Either of two shrubby trees of the genus Viburnum, the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, and the wayfaring tree, V. lantana. Now E…

The plant Viburnum Opulus, esp. the cultivated form, bearing globular bunches of white flowers; the snowball-tree. Also, the flower of this plant.

the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus.

= wayfaring tree, n. 1.

A tall Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana (family Caprifoliaceae), having broad oval leaves with a downy underside, small white flowers in dense heads…

A tree (not identified: perhaps the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, or a kind of maple (perhaps Acer opalus)).

A name for Viburnum Lantana and Populus nigra; in U.S. applied to Platanus occidentalis, also = cottonwood, n. 1.

The wayfaring-tree.

any of several viburnums characterized by the greyish pubescence of their twigs or the undersides of their leaves, esp. (more fully pliant mealy tree)…

An evergreen winter-flowering shrub, Viburnum Tinus.

= stink-tree n. (b) at stink, n. compounds.

The stag bush, Viburnum prunifolium, of the south-eastern United States; the edible blue-black fruit of this plant. Also: a medicinal preparation…

= laurustinus, n.

= laurustinus, n.

An extensive genus of shrubs, natives of Europe, Asia, and North America, to which the guelder-rose and laurustine belong; a species or plant of…

= wayfaring tree, n.

(a) a rose flowering in May; †(b) the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus (obsolete).

The highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum. Also: (more fully pembina berry) the fruit of this plant, an edible red berry with a sharp flavour.

the Guelder rose (cf. 4a).

= mealy tree n. at mealy, adj. compounds 3.

(a) some tree native in Sri Lanka, having a disgusting odour; (b) dialect the name in the Isle of Wight for the guelder rose.

the wood of the cherry-tree; also a popular name for the Wild Guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus).

The Guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, or one of its clusters of white flowers. Also used for other species of Viburnum.

U.S. (See quots.)

a deciduous shrub, Viburnum nudum, native to North America and bearing clusters of small white flowers; also, a thin flexible twig from this or a…

The wayfaring-tree, Viburnum Lantana; also Rhus caustica (Cent. Dict. 1890).

Any of several North American viburnums, esp. Viburnum lentago; the fruit of any of these shrubs.

(a) melilot (cf. king's clover n.) (obsolete); (b) the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus (obsolete rare); (c) (chiefly U.S.) any of several roseroot…

(see quot.).