viburnum lantana

4 definitions found

viburnum lantana - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lithy \Lith"y\a. [See Lithe.]
     Easily bent; pliable.
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     Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana);
        -- so named from its tough and flexible stem.
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  Wayfaring \Way"far`ing\, a.
     Traveling; passing; being on a journey. "A wayfaring man."
     --Judg. xix. 17.
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     Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum  lantana
        ) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of
        small white flowers.
  
     American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the (Viburnum  lantanoides
        ).
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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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viburnum lantana - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Viburnum lantana
      n 1: vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along
           waysides; red berries turn black [syn: wayfaring tree,
           twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana]