guelder rose

Questions about guelder rose

What does guelder rose mean?

guelder rose means "deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries".

What is another word for guelder rose?

Close synonyms include European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, cranberry tree, Viburnum opulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is guelder rose a common word?

guelder rose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.