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Viburnum
(gcide) | Viburnum \Vi*bur"num\, n. [L., the wayfaring tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and
cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as
ornamental plants, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose.
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viburnum
(wn) | Viburnum
n 1: deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood;
wayfaring tree [syn: Viburnum, genus Viburnum] |
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viburnum
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Viburnum dentatum
(gcide) | Arrowwood \Ar"row*wood`\, n.
1. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and
thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender
shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees
whose straight shoots were used for making arrows.
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Viburnum Lantana
(gcide) | Lithy \Lith"y\a. [See Lithe.]
Easily bent; pliable.
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Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana);
-- so named from its tough and flexible stem.
[1913 Webster]Wayfaring \Way"far`ing\, a.
Traveling; passing; being on a journey. "A wayfaring man."
--Judg. xix. 17.
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Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub ({Viburnum
lantana}) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of
small white flowers.
American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the ({Viburnum
lantanoides}).
[1913 Webster]Whitten tree \Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and {Viburnum
Opulus}), so called on account of their whitish branches.
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Viburnum lantana
(gcide) | Lithy \Lith"y\a. [See Lithe.]
Easily bent; pliable.
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Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana);
-- so named from its tough and flexible stem.
[1913 Webster]Wayfaring \Way"far`ing\, a.
Traveling; passing; being on a journey. "A wayfaring man."
--Judg. xix. 17.
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Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub ({Viburnum
lantana}) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of
small white flowers.
American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the ({Viburnum
lantanoides}).
[1913 Webster]Whitten tree \Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and {Viburnum
Opulus}), so called on account of their whitish branches.
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Viburnum Lantana
(gcide) | Lithy \Lith"y\a. [See Lithe.]
Easily bent; pliable.
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Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana);
-- so named from its tough and flexible stem.
[1913 Webster]Wayfaring \Way"far`ing\, a.
Traveling; passing; being on a journey. "A wayfaring man."
--Judg. xix. 17.
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Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub ({Viburnum
lantana}) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of
small white flowers.
American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the ({Viburnum
lantanoides}).
[1913 Webster]Whitten tree \Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and {Viburnum
Opulus}), so called on account of their whitish branches.
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Viburnum lantanoides
(gcide) | Hobblebush \Hob"ble*bush`\, n. (Bot.)
A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling
branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern
United States. Called also shinhopple.
[1913 Webster] HobbledehoyWayfaring \Way"far`ing\, a.
Traveling; passing; being on a journey. "A wayfaring man."
--Judg. xix. 17.
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Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub ({Viburnum
lantana}) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of
small white flowers.
American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the ({Viburnum
lantanoides}).
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Viburnum Lentago
(gcide) | Sheepberry \Sheep"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus
Viburnum (Viburnum Lentago), having white flowers in flat
cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.
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Viburnum nudum
(gcide) | Withe-rod \Withe"-rod`\, n. (Bot.)
A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough
osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
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Viburnum obovatum
(gcide) | Cassioberry \Cas"si*o*ber`ry\, n. [NL. cassine, from the
language of the Florida Indians.]
The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows
from Virginia to Florida.
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Viburnum Opulus
(gcide) | Gatten tree \Gat"ten tree`\ [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose
(Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle
tree (Euonymus Europ[ae]us).
[1913 Webster]Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
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Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus
aeruginosus}); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk,
moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and {mouse
hawk}.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea (
Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zool.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice
(Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of
the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly
inhabit salt marshes.
[1913 Webster]Whitten tree \Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and {Viburnum
Opulus}), so called on account of their whitish branches.
[1913 Webster]crampbark \crampbark\ n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, cranberry-tree, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a
species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
[1913 Webster] cranberry treecranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
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Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus
Canadensis}; the common European species (S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S.
pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, {black
elder}, and common elder.
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Box elder. See under 1st Box.
Dwarf elder. See Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
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Viburnum opulus
(gcide) | Gatten tree \Gat"ten tree`\ [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose
(Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle
tree (Euonymus Europ[ae]us).
[1913 Webster]Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
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Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus
aeruginosus}); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk,
moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and {mouse
hawk}.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea (
Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zool.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice
(Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of
the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly
inhabit salt marshes.
[1913 Webster]Whitten tree \Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and {Viburnum
Opulus}), so called on account of their whitish branches.
[1913 Webster]crampbark \crampbark\ n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, cranberry-tree, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a
species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
[1913 Webster] cranberry treecranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
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Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus
Canadensis}; the common European species (S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S.
pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, {black
elder}, and common elder.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Box elder. See under 1st Box.
Dwarf elder. See Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
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Viburnum Opulus
(gcide) | Gatten tree \Gat"ten tree`\ [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose
(Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle
tree (Euonymus Europ[ae]us).
[1913 Webster]Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
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Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus
aeruginosus}); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk,
moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and {mouse
hawk}.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea (
Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zool.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice
(Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of
the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly
inhabit salt marshes.
[1913 Webster]Whitten tree \Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and {Viburnum
Opulus}), so called on account of their whitish branches.
[1913 Webster]crampbark \crampbark\ n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, cranberry-tree, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a
species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
[1913 Webster] cranberry treecranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus
Canadensis}; the common European species (S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S.
pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, {black
elder}, and common elder.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Box elder. See under 1st Box.
Dwarf elder. See Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
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Viburnum opulus
(gcide) | Gatten tree \Gat"ten tree`\ [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose
(Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle
tree (Euonymus Europ[ae]us).
[1913 Webster]Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
[1913 Webster]
Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus
aeruginosus}); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk,
moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and {mouse
hawk}.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea (
Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zool.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice
(Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of
the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly
inhabit salt marshes.
[1913 Webster]Whitten tree \Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and {Viburnum
Opulus}), so called on account of their whitish branches.
[1913 Webster]crampbark \crampbark\ n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, cranberry-tree, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a
species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
[1913 Webster] cranberry treecranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
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Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus
Canadensis}; the common European species (S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S.
pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, {black
elder}, and common elder.
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Box elder. See under 1st Box.
Dwarf elder. See Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
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Viburnum Opulus
(gcide) | Gatten tree \Gat"ten tree`\ [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose
(Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle
tree (Euonymus Europ[ae]us).
[1913 Webster]Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
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Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus
aeruginosus}); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk,
moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and {mouse
hawk}.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea (
Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zool.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice
(Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of
the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly
inhabit salt marshes.
[1913 Webster]Whitten tree \Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and {Viburnum
Opulus}), so called on account of their whitish branches.
[1913 Webster]crampbark \crampbark\ n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, cranberry-tree, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a
species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
[1913 Webster] cranberry treecranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
[WordNet 1.5]Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
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Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus
Canadensis}; the common European species (S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S.
pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, {black
elder}, and common elder.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Box elder. See under 1st Box.
Dwarf elder. See Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
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Viburnum recognitum
(gcide) | arrow-wood \arrow-wood\ n.
1. any plant (Viburnum recognitum) closely related to
southern arrow wood; eastern U.S. Maine to Ohio and
Georgia.
Syn: arrow wood.
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Viburnum Tinus
(gcide) | Laurestine \Lau"res*tine\, n. [NL. lautus tinus, fr. L. laurus
the laurel + tinus laurestine. See Laurel.] (Bot.)
The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south
of Europe, which flowers during the winter months. [Written
also laurustine and laurestina.]
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genus viburnum
(wn) | genus Viburnum
n 1: deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood;
wayfaring tree [syn: Viburnum, genus Viburnum] |
viburnum
(wn) | Viburnum
n 1: deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood;
wayfaring tree [syn: Viburnum, genus Viburnum] |
viburnum dentatum
(wn) | Viburnum dentatum
n 1: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black
berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows
[syn: arrow wood, southern arrow wood, {Viburnum
dentatum}] |
viburnum lantana
(wn) | Viburnum lantana
n 1: vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along
waysides; red berries turn black [syn: wayfaring tree,
twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana] |
viburnum opulus
(wn) | Viburnum opulus
n 1: deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of
white flowers and small bright red berries [syn: {guelder
rose}, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush,
crampbark, cranberry tree, Viburnum opulus] |
viburnum prunifolium
(wn) | Viburnum prunifolium
n 1: upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit;
east and east central North America [syn: black haw,
Viburnum prunifolium] |
viburnum recognitum
(wn) | Viburnum recognitum
n 1: closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the
eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia [syn:
arrow wood, Viburnum recognitum] |
viburnum trilobum
(wn) | Viburnum trilobum
n 1: deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-
lobed leaves and red berries [syn: cranberry bush,
cranberry tree, American cranberry bush, {highbush
cranberry}, Viburnum trilobum] |
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