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CORALBERRY
coralberry, spiceberry, Ardisia crenata
(noun) shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India
coralberry, Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
(noun) North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coralberry (countable and uncountable, plural coralberries)
A species of bromeliad, Aechmea fulgens, of Brazil, and which is often used as an ornamental plant.
American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, of eastern North America.
Ardisia crenata of east Asia.
Synonyms
• (American winterberry): black alder, black alder winterberry, brook alder, deciduous holly, deciduous winterberry, false alder, fever bush, inkberry, Michigan holly, possumhaw, striped alder, swamp holly, Virginian winterberry, white alder, winterberry, winterberry holly
• (Ardisia crenata): Christmas berry, Australian holly, coral ardisia, coral bush, coralberry tree, hen's-eyes, spiceberry
• (Symphiocarpus orbiculatus): buckbrush, Indian currant
Source: Wiktionary
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AWRY
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