viburnum
/vahy-bur-nuhm/US // vaɪˈbɜr nəm //UK // (vaɪˈbɜːnəm) //
紫云英,紫荆花,紫云英属,紫云英属植物
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of numerous shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Viburnum, of the honeysuckle family, certain species of which, as the cranberry bush, V. opulus, or snowball, are cultivated for ornament.
- : the dried bark of various species of Viburnum, used in medicine.
Examples
A noticeable plant was a very large Viburnum, which has a liane-like habit and clambers up high trees.
In the hilly counties its place is taken by the southern black haw, Viburnum rufidulum which only rarely attains tree size.
Viburnum lentago, which grows in the river valleys here naturally, is doing finely.
Viburnum opulus and its preparations are therefore to be dropped from the next United States Pharmacopeia.
His noble blood, red as viburnum berries beside the river, welled forth in a stream staining his yellow, gold-embroidered caftan.
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