snowball bush

noun

1. guelder rose.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowball bush¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

A board fence ran along the front yard, hedging in some lilac bushes and a huge snowball bush.

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When at last he was ready for flight, Silvertip was under the snowball bush near by.

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

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He looked in her direction, but she stood close to a great snowball-bush, and her dress was green muslin, and he did not see her.

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

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