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[syn: wayfaring tree, twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lithy \Lith"y\a. [See Lithe.]
Easily bent; pliable.
[1913 Webster]
Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana);
-- so named from its tough and flexible stem.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wayfaring \Way"far`ing\, a.
Traveling; passing; being on a journey. "A wayfaring man."
--Judg. xix. 17.
[1913 Webster]
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Viburnum lantana
n 1: vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along
waysides; red berries turn black [syn: wayfaring tree,
twist wood, twistwood, Viburnum lantana]