单词 | hobble-bush |
释义 | hobble-bushn. The North American Wayfaring-tree, Viburnum lantanoides, a small shrub with cymes of white flowers and purple berries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun] > American wayfaring-tree moose bush1784 wayfaring tree1785 sheep-berry1814 witchhopple1826 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). < n.1842 |
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