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Definition of Hobblebush
1. n. A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
Definition of Hobblebush
1. Noun. A low bush, ''Viburnum lantanoides'', having long, straggling branches and pretty flowers, found in the Northern United States. ¹
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Literary usage of Hobblebush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1893)
"... Viburnum lanta- noides (hobblebush), and frequently Taxus baccata, var.
Canadensis (American yew). The prevailing shrubs and small trees along the shore ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... also in Eu., Asia and in Patagonia.—It produces an attractive effect with the
simple shoote standing above the water in ponds. hobblebush: Viburnum ..."
3. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt, Charles Herbert Clark, Mrs. Sophia M'Ilvaine (Bledsoe) Herrick, Asa Gray (1901)
"... of twigs bearing buds may be made in class at the time of this discussion.
Exercise VII.'—Illustration 3. Alternatives are the hobblebush (Viburnum ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"Twenty-eight persons present. The death of John Shallcross, a member, was announced.
A paper entitled " Notes on the growth of the hobblebush, ..."
5. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "First Lessons in by Asa Gray (1880)
"... hobblebush, Dogwood, and Hydrangea (Fig. 167). 218. A Fascicle, like that of
the Sweet-William and Lychnis of the gardens, is only a cyme with the ..."
6. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1866)
"Those of the hobblebush are bare, and pretty large; in the Sumach they are small,
and sunk in the bark. The position of the scales and their form correspond ..."
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