Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Guelder Rose

is the Rose de Gueldre, i.e. of the ancient province of Guelder or Guelderland, in Holland. But Smith, in his English Flora, says it is a corruption of Elder Rose, that is, the Rose Elder, the tree being considered a species of Elder, and hence called the “Water Elder.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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