lemonade berry

American  

noun

1. a sumac, Rhus integrifolia, of southern California, having hairy, dark-red fruits used to make a beverage resembling lemonade.

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Etymology

Origin of lemonade berry

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

Mace said she’d build a concrete house and the yard would have oak, sycamore, toyon, lemonade berry and lilac.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

He also recommends planting lemonade berry and pink flowering sumac to replace non-native hedges.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024

But should green native shrubs like toyons and lemonade berry be treated the same way?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

The nameless “brush” in the reporting of brush fires is actually a complex of drought-resistant beauties that include ceanothus, California buckwheat, manzanita, lemonade berry and hummingbird sage.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018

And better than either, the lemonade berry would serve this purpose.

From Her Father's Daughter by Stratton-Porter, Gene