wayfaring-tree

English

Alternative forms

• wayfaring tree

Etymology

Coined c. 1597 by John Gerard, English herbalist. The plant is common along waysides in hedgerows, as might be passed by wayfarers.

A wayfaring-tree in bloom.

Noun

wayfaring-tree (plural wayfaring-trees)

1. (botany) A much-branched European shrub of large size (Viburnum lantana), with dense cymes of small white flowers, the foliage and young shoots thickly covered with soft mealy down.

   Synonyms: hoarwithy, mealy-tree, triptoe

Translations

Viburnum lantana

• Armenian: գերմաստի (hy) (germasti)

  Middle Armenian: գերմաստի (germasti)

• Azerbaijani: adigərməşov
• Catalan: tortellatge m
• Czech: kalina tušalaj (cs) f
• French: viorne lantane (fr)
• Georgian: უზანი (uzani), სამწიფელა (samc̣ipela) (dialectal), ურძენი (urʒeni) (dialectal), ურძანი (urʒani) (dialectal), ურძნი (urʒni) (dialectal), თურსა (tursa) (dialectal), ცლიხვა (clixva) (dialectal), ცლიფა (clipa) (dialectal), უზნი (uzni) (dialectal), მერცხალა (mercxala) (dialectal)
• German: Wolliger Schneeball
• Irish: craobh fhiáin f
• Mingrelian: ღუზანი (ɣuzani)
• Polish: kalina hordowina f
• Russian: гордо́вина f (gordóvina), кали́на гордо́вина f (kalína gordóvina)
• Swedish: parkolvon c
• Turkish: germişek
• Ukrainian: гордовина f (hordovyna)
• Welsh: gwifwrnwydden f

Further reading

• Viburnum lantana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viburnum lantana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies