beautyberry

[ byoo-tee-ber-ee ]

noun

, plural beau·ty·ber·ries.

1. any of various shrubs of the genus Callicarpa, of southern North America, as C. americana, having clusters of bluish flowers and purple, berrylike fruit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beautyberry¹

1920–25, Americanism; beauty + berry, as translation of New Latin Callicarpa