PARTRIDGEBERRY

partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repens

(noun) creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

partridgeberry (plural partridgeberries)

Any of various plants, including

squaw vine, Mitchella repens

teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens

(Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island) lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea

The berry of such a plant.

Source: Wiktionary



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INTERTRIGO

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