vi|bur|num

vi|bur|num
vi|bur|num «vy BUR nuhm», noun.
1. any one of several shrubs or small trees having showy clusters of white or pinkish flowers, such as the snowball, withe rod, and dockmackie. Viburnums are a genus of the honeysuckle family and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
2. the dried bark of certain species, used in medicine.
[< Latin vīburnum]

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  • viburnum — vi·bur·num vī bər nəm n 1) cap a large genus of widely distributed shrubs or trees of the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae) including several species whose dried bark has been used in folk medicine 2) any plant of the genus Viburnum * * *… …   Medical dictionary

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