viburnum

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English

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Viburnum opulus
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vīburnum.

Noun

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viburnum (plural viburna)

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

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Latin

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Etymology

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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, spinturnīx, cōturnīx.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vīburnum n (genitive vīburnī); second declension

  1. viburnum

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

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  • Catalan: viorn
  • French: viorne
  • Italian: viburno

References

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  • 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