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GUELDER ROSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guelder rose mean?
• GUELDER ROSE (noun)
The noun GUELDER ROSE has 1 sense:
1. deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
Familiarity information: GUELDER ROSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
crampbark; cranberry tree; European cranberry bush; European cranberrybush; guelder rose; Viburnum opulus
Hypernyms ("guelder rose" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("guelder rose" is a member of...):
genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)
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