arrowwood
noun
ar·row·wood
ˈer-ō-ˌwu̇d 
ˈer-ə-,
ˈa-rō-,
ˈa-rə-
: any of several common viburnums (especially Viburnum dentatum) of eastern North America
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This pest prefers arrowwood, European cranberry bush or American cranberry bush viburnums.
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
Many of these birds will feast on the berries of hollies, dogwoods, spicebush, arrowwood viburnums, and magnolias.3
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—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
Native viburnums, including arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), dockmackie (Viburnum acerifolium)and downy arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesquianum), are popular pit-stop menu items.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
Featuring native plantings, the garden includes eastern redbuds, winterberry holly, hibiscus, little blue stem, arrowwood, coreopsis tickseed, cone flower and bee balm.
—John Benson, cleveland, 24 July 2023
Listed as an endangered species in its native Tennessee and Georgia, planting a limerock arrowwood would be an act of horticultural preservation.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
Many of these birds will feast on the berries of hollies, dogwoods, spicebush, arrowwood viburnums, and magnolias.3
Was this page helpful?
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
Native viburnums, including arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), dockmackie (Viburnum acerifolium)and downy arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesquianum), are popular pit-stop menu items.
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
Featuring native plantings, the garden includes eastern redbuds, winterberry holly, hibiscus, little blue stem, arrowwood, coreopsis tickseed, cone flower and bee balm.
—John Benson, cleveland, 24 July 2023
Listed as an endangered species in its native Tennessee and Georgia, planting a limerock arrowwood would be an act of horticultural preservation.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2021
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“Arrowwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrowwood. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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