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dog hobble

noun

fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers

• Syn: ↑dog laurel, ↑switch-ivy, ↑Leucothoe fontanesiana, ↑Leucothoe editorum

• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Leucothoe

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noun

Etymology: so called from its tough interlacing branches that obstruct the progress of dogs

: dog laurel

Useful english dictionary. 2012.