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单词 hobble-bush
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hobble-bushn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhobble-bush.
The North American Wayfaring-tree, Viburnum lantanoides, a small shrub with cymes of white flowers and purple berries.
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wayfaring tree1785
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hobble-bush1842
hopple1853
wayfarer's tree1853
devil's shoestring1860
tangle-leg1860
1842 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Trees & Shrubs 520.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 88 The mountain-ash was now very handsome, as also the wayfarer's-tree or hobble-bush, with its ripe purple berries mixed with red.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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