VIBURNUMS

Noun

viburnums

plural of viburnum

Source: Wiktionary


VIBURNUM

Vi*bur"num, n. Etym: [L., the wayfaring tree.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; “an absolutely magnificent painting”; “a perfectly idiotic idea”; “you’re perfectly right”; “utterly miserable”; “you can be dead sure of my innocence”; “was dead tired”; “dead right”


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