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[syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, cranberry tree, Viburnum opulus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier (Circus
aeruginosus); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk,
moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zool.)
(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 (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea (
Althaea 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of
the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly
inhabit salt marshes.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
crampbark \crampbark\ n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub (Viburnum
opulus) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, cranberry-tree, Viburnum opulus.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster] cranberry tree
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub (Viburnum
opulus) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Viburnum opulus
n 1: 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, Viburnum opulus]