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WAYFARING TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wayfaring tree mean?
• WAYFARING TREE (noun)
The noun WAYFARING TREE has 1 sense:
1. vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black
Familiarity information: WAYFARING TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
twist wood; twistwood; Viburnum lantana; wayfaring tree
Hypernyms ("wayfaring tree" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("wayfaring tree" is a member of...):
genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)
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