Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viburnum

/vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: vibur-num
IPA: /vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.

Example Sentences

"Thus he diſcovered two or three kinds of oaks, a few viburna, and ſome trees of the maple genus, with a wild ſort of Japaneſe pear."
"Adowa moschatellina. — Although it quite differs from the elder-trees, viburna and honey-suckles as far as the general appearance is concerned, says Siclain, it occurs in the neighbourhood of these plants."
"But such knowledge is simply ungermane to aesthetics. When one studies the biochemistry of plants, one may afterwards be more tolerant in one’s taste toward thornbushes and dandelions (for they too are wonderfully evolved) but still aesthetically prefer viburna and hyacinths for very good reasons that have nothing to do with botanical science."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīburnum.

Inflected Forms

viburnums (plural) viburna (plural, rare)

Phrases

black haw viburnum Burkwood viburnum

Synonyms

arrowwood

Questions

How do you pronounce viburnum?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm/.
What does viburnum mean?: Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.
Where does viburnum come from?: Borrowed from Latin vīburnum.

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