berry — I. noun (plural berries) Etymology: Middle English berye, from Old English berie; akin to Old High German beri berry Date: before 12th century 1. a. a pulpy and usually edible fruit (as a strawberry, raspberry, or checkerberry) of small size… … New Collegiate Dictionary
shrub — Synonyms and related words: Persian berry, alder, azalea, bayberry, blackberry, blackthorn, box, bramble, brier, brier bush, broom, bush, caper, cinchona, coca, coffee, cranberry, currant, daphne, elder, forsythia, frangipani, fuchsia, furze,… … Moby Thesaurus
berry wax — noun : a wax obtained from the berries of a southern African shrub (Myrica cordifolia) and used in making polishes and soap … Useful english dictionary
Ink berry — Ink Ink, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr. ?, fr. ? burnt in, encaustic, fr. ? to burn in. See {Encaustic}, {Caustic}.] 1. A fluid, or a viscous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buffalo berry — 1. either of two North American shrubs, Shepherdia argentea or S. canadensis, having silvery, oblong leaves and bearing edible yellow or red berries. 2. the fruit itself. [1795 1805, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant also called Rabbit Berry, or Nebraska… … Universalium
Buffalo berry — Buffalo Buf fa*lo, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. ? buffalo, prob. fr. ? ox. See {Cow} the animal, and cf. {Buff} the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sweet shrub — ▪ plant also called Carolina allspice, California allspice, or strawberry shrub one of two species of small ornamental trees of the family Calycanthaceae, with aromatic bark and sweet scented flowers, both native to North America.… … Universalium
Christmas berry — noun 1. spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries • Syn: ↑Christmasberry, ↑Lycium carolinianum • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Lycium, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
flowering shrub — noun shrub noted primarily for its flowers • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑bird of paradise, ↑poinciana, ↑Caesalpinia gilliesii, ↑Poinciana gilliesii, ↑pride of bar … Useful english dictionary
ground-berry — noun 1. small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia • Syn: ↑native cranberry, ↑groundberry, ↑cranberry heath, ↑Astroloma humifusum, ↑Styphelia humifusum … Useful english dictionary