guelder rose

See also: guelder-rose

English

Guelder rose, flowers left, fruit right

Flower clusters on a snowball tree, a cultivar of guelder rose

Alternative forms

• guelder-rose, gelder rose

Etymology

Named after the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛldə(ɹ) ˌɹəʊz/

Noun

guelder rose (plural guelder roses)

1. A deciduous shrub (Viburnum opulus), having small white flowers.
   • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 799:

     My husband bought some guelder roses from an Albanian

Synonyms

• (plant): water elder, European cranberry bush, cramp bark, snowball tree

Translations

guelder rose, snowball tree

• Arabic: أُفلُوس (uflūs), رِبَاط (ar) (ribāṭ)
• Armenian: բռնչի (hy) (bṙnčʻi), ձնագնդի (hy) (jnagndi)
• Belarusian: калі́на f (kalína)
• Bulgarian: кали́на (bg) f (kalína)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歐洲莢蒾 / 欧洲荚蒾 (Ōuzhōu jiámí)

• Crimean Tatar: qansiyer
• Czech: kalina (cs) f
• Dutch: gelderse roos (nl) f
• Finnish: koiranheisi (fi)
• French: obier (fr) f
• Galician: lamagueiro m, frol do mundo f, bola de neve f
• Georgian: ძახველი (ʒaxveli)
• German: Schneeball (de) m
• Hungarian: kányabangita (hu)
• Italian: pallone di maggio m, palla di neve f, oppio (it) m
• Japanese: カンボク (kanboku), テマリカンボク (temarikanboku)
• Komi-Zyrian: жовпу (žovpu)
• Lithuanian: putinas m
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: поланвондо (polanvondo)

  Western Mari: шаршы (šaršy)

• Ottoman Turkish: قار طوپی (kar topu)
• Polish: kalina (pl) f
• Portuguese: noveleiro (pt) m
• Romanian: călin (ro) m
• Russian: кали́на (ru) f (kalína)
• Slovak: kalina f
• Swedish: skogsolvon (sv) n, snöbollsbuske c (snowball tree)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Udmurt: шупу (šupu)
• Ukrainian: кали́на f (kalýna)

References

• guelder rose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viburnum opulus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viburnum opulus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Viburnum opulus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons