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dockmackie

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dock⋅mack⋅ie

  [dok-mak-ee]
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–noun
a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; < New York D, perh. < a Mahican word (with a reflex of Proto-Algonquian *-a⋅xkw tree) + D -je dim. suffix
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dock·mack·ie   (dŏk'māk'ē)   
n.  A shrub (Viburnum acerifolium) of eastern North America, having clusters of white flowers. Also called possum haw.

[Probably from American Dutch, perhaps of Mahican origin.]
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