/hob"euhl boosh'/ , n.
a North American shrub, Viburnum alnifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of white flowers and red-to-black berrylike fruit. Also called American wayfaring tree .
[ 1810-20, Amer.; HOBBLE + BUSH 1 ; so called from the fact that it obstructs the way with its branches ]