snowberry

[ snoh-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈsnoʊˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

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noun, plural snow·ber·ries.

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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Origin of snowberry

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60; snow + berry

Words nearby snowberry

snowball tree, snowbank, snow banner, snowbell, snowbelt, snowberry, snowbird, snowblading, snow-blind, snow blindness, snowblink

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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 Dyke
Both grow abundantly as does also the snowberry, the same we cultivate for garden shrubbery.
To and Through Nebraska|Frances I. Sims Fulton
Chiogenes hispidula (creeping snowberry), very common in woods.
The Maine Woods|Henry David Thoreau
It was the creeping snowberry, which was quite common there, its berries just grown.
Canoeing in the wilderness|Henry David Thoreau

For 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

snowberry

/ (ˈsnəʊbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun plural -ries

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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