snowberry
a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
any of certain other white-berried plants.
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How to use snowberry in a sentence
This is snowberry, and if you eat of it, you will grow wise in the wisdom of flowers.
The Blue Flower, and Others | Henry van DykeBoth grow abundantly as does also the snowberry, the same we cultivate for garden shrubbery.
To and Through Nebraska | Frances I. Sims FultonChiogenes hispidula (creeping snowberry), very common in woods.
The Maine Woods | Henry David ThoreauIt was the creeping snowberry, which was quite common there, its berries just grown.
Canoeing in the wilderness | Henry David ThoreauFor another pupil of the philosopher's, whose homage I carried with my own, I planted a snowberry on Priestley's grave.
Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume I (of 2) | Harriet Martineau
British Dictionary definitions for snowberry
/ (ˈsnəʊbərɪ, -brɪ) /
any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Symphoricarpos, esp S. albus, cultivated for their small pink flowers and white berries
Also called: waxberry any of the berries of such a plant
any of various other white-berried plants
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