SNOWBERRY

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


Etymology

Noun

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



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