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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.
wayfaring -tree (plural wayfaring-trees )
( 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
Viburnum lantana
Armenian: գերմաստի (hy) ( germasti )
Middle Armenian: գերմաստի ( germasti )
Azerbaijani: adigərməşov
Bulgarian: черна калина f ( černa kalina )
Catalan: tortellatge m , cantellatge 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
Kaitag: де́рше ( dérše )
Mingrelian: ღუზანი ( ɣuzani )
Persian: هفتکول
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