Viburnum lantana

from 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lithy \Lith"y\a. [See {Lithe}.]
   Easily bent; pliable.
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   {Lithy tree} (Bot.), a European shrub ({Viburnum Lantana});
      -- so named from its tough and flexible stem.
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from 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.
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   {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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from 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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