different between arrowwood vs viburnum

English

Etymology

arrow +? wood

Noun

arrowwood (plural arrowwoods)

1. (US) Any of several viburnums of eastern North America and other viburnums that have naturalized in North America.

Hyponyms

• (viburnums native to or naturalized in eastern North America): downy arrowwood, northern arrowwood, wytherod, southern arrowwood, Siebold's viburnum, guelder rose, nannybush

References

• Arrowwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arrowwood on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Viburnum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?burnum.

Noun

Wikispecies viburnum (plural viburnums)

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

Synonyms

• arrowwood

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• v?burnus, v?burna

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Etruscan. Compare laburnum, alaternus, basterna, lacerna, santerna, pincerna, clarnus, all strongly suspected to be from Etruscan or a related language, although the sound sequence also occurs in words trusted to be native like sturnus, spinturn?x, c?turn?x.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?i??bur.num/, [u?i??b?rn???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi?bur.num/, [vi?burnum]

Noun

v?burnum n (genitive v?burn?); second declension

1. viburnum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• French: viorne

References

• viburnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• viburnum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press