Viburnum

//vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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