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dockmackie
[ dok-mak-ee ]
noun
- a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
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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
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Example Sentences
It is the Dockmackie, or the Maple-leaved Viburnum.
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