wayfaring-tree

English

Coined c. 1597 by John Gerard, English herbalist. The plant is common along waysides in hedgerows, as might be passed by wayfarers.

wayfaring-tree (plural wayfaring-trees)

(botany) A much-branched European shrub of large size (Viburnum lantana), with dense cymes of small white flowers, the foliage and young shoots thickly covered with soft mealy down.
Synonyms: hoarwithy, mealy-tree, triptoe

Viburnum lantana

Armenian: գերմաստի (hy) (germasti)
Middle Armenian: գերմաստի (germasti)
Azerbaijani: adigərməşov
Catalan: tortellatge m
Czech: kalina tušalaj (cs) f
French: viorne lantane (fr)
Georgian: უზანი (uzani), სამწიფელა (samc̣ipela) (dialectal), ურძენი (urʒeni) (dialectal), ურძანი (urʒani) (dialectal), ურძნი (urʒni) (dialectal), თურსა (tursa) (dialectal), ცლიხვა (clixva) (dialectal), ცლიფა (clipa) (dialectal), უზნი (uzni) (dialectal), მერცხალა (mercxala) (dialectal)
German: Wolliger Schneeball
Irish: craobh fhiáin f
Mingrelian: ღუზანი (ɣuzani)
Polish: kalina hordowina f
Russian: гордо́вина f (gordóvina), кали́на гордо́вина f (kalína gordóvina)
Swedish: parkolvon c
Turkish: germişek
Ukrainian: гордовина f (hordovyna)
Welsh: gwifwrnwydden f