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Definition of Guelder rose
1. Noun. Deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries.
Group relationships: Genus Viburnum, Viburnum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Guelder rose
1. Noun. A cultivated plant, ''Viburnum opulus'', having small white flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guelder Rose
Literary usage of Guelder rose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1803)
"In gardens the Guelder-rose, bearing round bunches of abortive flowers only, is
very common, elegantly grouping with the Lilac and Laburnum in the early ..."
2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"... L. The guelder rose. Identification. Lin. Sp., S84.; Dec. Prod., 4. p.
3S8.; Don's Mill., a p. 442. ; Lodd. Cat, cd. 1836. ..."
3. Familiar Trees by George Simonds Boulger (1906)
"... a generic identity, two trees in one genus are in few cases so unlike to the
general observer as are the Guelder-rose and the Wayfaring-tree (p. 89). ..."
4. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"When kept in pots, the Guelder-rose will require watering every evening in dry
summer weather. Being a native of North America, it will bear our climate ..."
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