guelder rose
noun
guel·der rose ˈgel-dər- 
-də-
: a highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus) of Eurasia and northern Africa
especially : a cultivated form with large roundish heads of usually white sterile flowers
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Many of the students chose to decorate their cards with patriotic themes like Ukrainian flags and the guelder rose, one of the national symbols of Ukraine. 
Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 Unlike other, fancier-sounding plants—lady’s mantle, love-lies-bleeding, guelder rose—the sunflower, without apparent effort, conjures up a world of warmth and light with two and a half simple syllables. Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2020
Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 Unlike other, fancier-sounding plants—lady’s mantle, love-lies-bleeding, guelder rose—the sunflower, without apparent effort, conjures up a world of warmth and light with two and a half simple syllables. Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2020 Word History
Etymology
Guelderland, Gelderland, Netherlands
First Known Use
1597, in the meaning defined above
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