viburnumn.
/vʌɪˈbəːnəm/, U.S. /vaɪˈbərnəm/ 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 this genus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun]
bendwithc1440
opier1548
opulus1548
ople1551
dwarf plane tree1578
water elder1578
whitten1578
guelder rose1597
rose elder1597
wayfaring man's tree1597
wayfaring tree1597
opiet1601
cotton tree1633
viorne1637
mealy tree1640
laurustinus1664
stinking tree1681
black haw1688
laurel-thyme1693
laurustine1693
viburnum1731
wayfaring shrub1731
May rose1753
pembina1760
snowball tree1760
mealtree1785
stink-tree1795
cherry-wood1821
snowball1828
sloe1846
withe-rod1846
lithy-tree1866
nannyberry1867
king's crown1879
stag bush1884
snowball bush1931
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Acacia The third Sort..will..stand in a common Stove amongst Guava's, Viburnums, &c.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. (at cited word) The common Viburnum, or Pliant Mealy Tree.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 331 Viburnum, American, Lantana.
1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 267 And white viburnum o'er the border strays.
1842 W. C. Bryant Fountain ii The viburnum there, Paler of foliage, to the sun holds up Her circlet of green berries.
1867 A. L. Adams Wanderings Naturalist India 204 A viburnum, differing in several respects from the English Guelder rose, bloomed sweetly by the sides of streams.
1884 Athenæum 20 Dec. 808/1 The remaining third include rhododendrons, rues,..viburnums.
Derivatives
viˈburnian n. a moth of the genus Lozotænia.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types
high-flyer?1749
nonpareil1749
porphyry1819
satin carpet1819
satin pygmy1828
scopolian1829
chalk carpet1832
sieve lackey1832
sprawler1832
tissue1832
treble bar1832
treble gold stripe1832
vesper-beauty1832
viburnian1832
yellowhead1832
flame carpet1862
sting-moth1863
lilac moth1868
luna-moth1869
melon-caterpillar1884
wood-nymph1885
unicorn-moth1891
geometer moth1897
the suspected1908
porina1929
tomato pinworm1931
mopane worm1966
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 157 The Viburnian (Lozotænia Viburnana).
viˈburnic adj. derived from Viburnum.
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1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 998 The bark and berries of the guelder-rose..contain valeric acid (viburnic acid).
viˈburnin n. a substance found in viburnum-bark.
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > other substances > [noun] > substances in bark
tan1806
fraxetin1864
fraxin1864
viburnin1886
sapotoxin1891
yohimbenine1897
1886 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 509/2 The bark [of Viburnum prunifolium] is said to contain viburnin, valerianic, oxalic, citric, and malic acids, besides other ingredients.
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