snowball bush

noun

1. guelder rose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowball bush¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The hydrangea bush—or snowball bush, as we called it—on our lawn glowed in the sunlight, and I stared at it.

From Literature

An oriole burst into melody, swinging in the great snowball bush near the Willow Street fence.

From Project Gutenberg

There are about one hundred species, including the old-fashioned snowball bush, perhaps the best-known species in this country.

From Project Gutenberg

Gregarious John Townsend, whose head looks like a snowball bush in full bloom, is solidly Republican, completely acceptable to Delaware's Du Pont dynasty.

From Time Magazine Archive

She went slowly up the steps as she spoke, and when I looked back a moment later, I saw her smiling down on me between two great columns, with the snowball bush floating in the warm wind beneath her and the swallows flying low in the sunshine over her head.

From Project Gutenberg