guelder rose

See also: guelder-rose

English

Guelder rose, flowers left, fruit right

Alternative forms

guelder-rose, gelder rose

Etymology

Named after the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛldə(ɹ) ˌɹəʊz/

Noun

guelder rose (plural guelder roses)

A deciduous shrub (Viburnum opulus), having small white flowers.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 799)
  My husband bought some guelder roses from an Albanian

Synonyms

(plant): water elder, European cranberry bush, cramp bark, snowball tree

Translations

guelder rose, snowball tree

Armenian: բռնչի (hy) (bṙnčʿi), ձնագնդի (hy) (jnagndi)
Belarusian: калі́на f (kalína)
Bulgarian: кали́на (bg) f (kalína)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歐洲莢蒾／欧洲荚蒾 (Ōuzhōu jiámí)
Czech: kalina (cs) f
Dutch: gelderse roos (nl) f
Finnish: koiranheisi (fi)
French: obier (fr) f
Galician: lamagueiro m, frol do mundo f, bola de neve f
Georgian: ძახველი (ʒaxveli)
German: Schneeball (de) m
Hungarian: kányabangita (hu)
Italian: pallone di maggio m, palla di neve f, oppio (it) m
Japanese: カンボク (kanboku), テマリカンボク (temarikanboku)
Komi-Zyrian: жовпу (žovpu)
Lithuanian: putinas m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: поланвондо (polanvondo)

Western Mari: шаршы (šaršy)
Polish: kalina (pl) f
Portuguese: noveleiro (pt) m
Romanian: călin (ro) m
Russian: кали́на (ru) f (kalína)
Slovak: kalina f
Udmurt: шупу (šupu)
Ukrainian: кали́на f (kalýna)

References

guelder rose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Viburnum opulus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Viburnum opulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Viburnum opulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.