dockmackie

noun

dock·​mack·​ie

ˈdäkˌmakē

plural -s

: a North American shrub (Viburnum acerifolium) with white flowers succeeded by red berries

called also arrowwood, mapleleaf viburnum

Word History

Etymology

probably from Dutch, from Lenape dogekumak

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