Viburnum
//vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.
"Thus he diſcovered two or three kinds of oaks, a few viburna, and ſome trees of the maple genus, with a wild ſort of Japaneſe pear."
Example
More examples"Thus he diſcovered two or three kinds of oaks, a few viburna, and ſome trees of the maple genus, with a wild ſort of Japaneſe pear."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vīburnum.
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