Ar·row·wood n.
1. A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. Also, any of several other similar small trees whose straight shoots were used for making arrows.
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Viburnum dentatum
n : deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black
berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make
arrows [syn: arrow wood, southern arrow wood]