snakeberry
snakeberry · snakeberries
A bitter nightshade, or its fruitA bitter nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), or its fruit.
Meaning
3 sensesA bitter nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), or its fruit.
A false lily of the valley (Maianthemum dilatatum), or its fruit.
A blue bead-lily, corn-lily, or yellow clintonia (Clintonia borealis)
More definitions
- North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
Origin
From snake + berry.From snake + berry.
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Forms
plural: snakeberries| Singular | snakeberry |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries:red baneberryredberryred-berryActaea rubra
See also
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