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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Adoxaceae — the viburnums.

Etymologies

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New Latin from Latin viburnum ("the wayfaring-tree, Viburnum lantana")

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Examples

  • The standard form of Korean Spice Viburnum is a good intermediate landscape plant as it only grows five to six feet high with an equal spread.

    Korean Spice Viburnum 2006

  • In spring Korean Spice Viburnum is covered with pink fragrant flower clusters the size of grape fruits.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • In spring Korean Spice Viburnum is covered with pink fragrant flower clusters the size of grape fruits.

    Korean Spice Viburnum 2006

  • The standard form of Korean Spice Viburnum is a good intermediate landscape plant as it only grows five to six feet high with an equal spread.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • These are all still small and the planned Viburnum hedge might have to be modified as they grow larger.

    Denizens Of The Dark « Fairegarden 2010

  • Otherwise, we are trying to go with native plantings here, so for us that means Joe Pye Weed, Cardinal Flower, Phlox, Liatrus, Coneflower, Viburnum, etc.

    Garden Variety Adventures | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008

  • It took four days to set up the decorations, which included 2,100 stems of Viburnum brought in from Virginia and seven movielike screens that integrated Google map technology to pinpoint the 200 organizations the foundation funds.

    Wall Streeters Hit Bull's-Eye 2010

  • My viburnums are a type called doublefile (technically, they are Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum, hardiness zones 5-8).

    Tough Love, Garden Style 2010

  • What I like about it is that it grows easily, responds well to a bit of clipping (once a year) and can be grown as a tall hedge -- just the sort of "green screen" we were looking for, and such a perfect blend with evergreen Viburnum Tinus ... variegated Eleagnus, a large and pretty Pittosporum, and some simple acid-green griselinias (latest additions planted 5 years ago and doing very well).

    vert - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Among the shrubs are Crataegus monogyna, Euonimus europea, Cornus mas, C. sanguinea, Rhamnus frangula, R. catharctica, Viburnum opulus, Berberis vulgaris, Hippophae rhamnoides, Tamarix spp. and occasional Corylus avellana.

    Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania 2009

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