BLOLLY

blolly, West Indian snowberry, Chiococca alba

(noun) evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Blol"ly, n. (Bot.) (a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a hard, 10-ribbed fruit. (b) The rubiaceous shrub Chicocca racemosa, of the same region.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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