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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