noun
- plural of hobblebush; North American shrubs with white flower clusters and red berries that have drooping outer branches that root when they touch the ground
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The hobblebushes in the understory created natural obstacles along the hiking trail.
- Wildlife biologists noted that hobblebushes provide important food sources for birds.
- The drooping branches of hobblebushes often form tangled thickets in the forest.
- Hobblebushes bloom with distinctive white flowers in late spring.
- The red berries of hobblebushes ripen in late summer and early fall.