snowberry, common snowberry, waxberry, Symphoricarpos alba
(noun) deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snowberry (plural snowberries)
A shrub bearing white berries
now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos
also Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia, and
(Australia) Schizomeria ovata
The fruit of shrubs of these genera.
Source: Wiktionary
Snow"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America. Creeping snowberry. (Bot.) See under Creeping.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 December 2024
(noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
