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guelder rose

[gel-der]
–noun
a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.


Origin:
1590–1600; after Guelders
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guel·der rose   (gěl'dər)   
n.  A Eurasian shrub (Viburnum opulus) having clusters of white flowers and small red fruit.

[After Guelderland (Gelderland), The Netherlands.]
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