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Definition: Viburnum opulus
Viburnum opulus
n : deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of
white flowers and small bright red berries [syn:
guelder rose
,
European cranberrybush,
European cranberry bush,
crampbark,
cranberry tree]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Viburnum Opulus
Gatten tree
\Gat"ten tree`\ [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose
(
Viburnum Opulus), cornel (
Cornus sanguinea), and spindle
tree (
Euonymus Europ[ae]us).
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Marsh
\Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf.
Marish,
Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
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Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (
Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also
bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (
Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (
Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (
Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See
Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under
Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (
Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also
cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low
Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zo["o]l.), a European hawk or harrier
(
Circus [ae]ruginosus); -- called also
marsh hawk,
moor hawk,
moor buzzard,
puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (
Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also
hen harrier, and
mouse hawk
.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zo["o]l.), a rail; esp.,
Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and
Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Alth[ae]a (
Alth[ae]a officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus
Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also
water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zo["o]l.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Statice
(
Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also
sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (
Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See
Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb (
Elodes Virginica
) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as
Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as
Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zo["o]l.), any species of small American wrens
of the genus
Cistothorus, and allied genera. They
chiefly inhabit salt marshes.
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Whitten tree
\Whit"ten tree`\ [Probably from white; cf. AS.
hwitingtre['o]w.] (Bot.)
Either of two shrubs (
Viburnum Lantana, and
Viburnum Opulus
), so called on account of their whitish branches.
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Cranberry
\Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of
Vaccinum or
Oxycoccus.) The
high cranberry or
cranberry tree is a
species of
Viburnum (
Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called
low cranberry or
marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
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Elder
\El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (
Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
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Note: The common North American species is
Sambucus Canadensis
; the common European species (
S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is
S. pubens
. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (
Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry,
bourtree,
Old World elder,
black elder
, and
common elder.
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Box elder. See under 1st
Box.
Dwarf elder. See
Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as
Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree
Viburnum Opulus).
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