different between viburnum vs dockmackie

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

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Algonquian, perhaps from Lenape dogekumak (“an unknown smokable plant”) via Dutch (whence the diminutive ending -ie), or perhaps from a Mahican word.

Noun

dockmackie (plural dockmackies)

1. A species of viburnum native to North America, Viburnum acerifolium.

Synonyms

• maple-leaf viburnum

References