guelder rose noun phr. ['gɛldǝ rǝʊz] L16.
[Dutch geldersche roos, from Gelderland Dutch province, or its capital Gelders.]
(The flower of) a deciduous shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, with leaves like those of the maple and cymes of creamy-white flowers, the outer of which are larger and sterile. Orig. spec., the snowball tree, V. opulus var. roseum.

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