Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The maple-leaf viburnum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common name in the United States for the Viburnum acerifolium, sometimes used as an application to tumors.
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- noun A species of
viburnum native to North America, taxonomic name Viburnum acerifolium.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably from American Dutch, perhaps of Mahican origin.]
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From a Algonquian word. Perhaps from Lenape dogekumak (name of some smoke-able plant) via Dutch (whence the diminutive ending -ie), or perhaps from a Mahican word.
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