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hobblebush

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hob⋅ble⋅bush

  [hob-uhl-boosh]
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–noun
a North American shrub, Viburnum alnifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of white flowers and red-to-black berrylike fruit.
Also called American wayfaring tree.

Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; hobble + bush 1 ; so called from the fact that it obstructs the way with its branches
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hob·ble·bush   (hŏb'əl-bŏŏsh')   
n.  A deciduous shrub (Viburnum alnifolium) of eastern North America, having flat clusters of white flowers with the marginal flowers larger than the others.
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