dockmackie

[ dok-mak-ee ]

noun

1. a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dockmackie¹

1810–20, Americanism; < New York Dutch, perhaps < a Mahican word (with a reflex of Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw tree) + Dutch -je diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

It is the Dockmackie, or the Maple-leaved Viburnum.

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