: a highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus) of Eurasia and northern Africa
especially
: a cultivated form with large roundish heads of usually white sterile flowers
Examples of guelder rose in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Many of the students chose to decorate their cards with patriotic themes like Ukrainian flags and the guelder rose, one of the national symbols of Ukraine.
—
Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
Unlike other, fancier-sounding plants—lady’s mantle, love-lies-bleeding, guelder rose—the sunflower, without apparent effort, conjures up a world of warmth and light with two and a half simple syllables.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2020
Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
Unlike other, fancier-sounding plants—lady’s mantle, love-lies-bleeding, guelder rose—the sunflower, without apparent effort, conjures up a world of warmth and light with two and a half simple syllables.
—Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2020
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'guelder rose.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near guelder rose
Cite this Entry
“Guelder rose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guelder%20rose. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share