snowberry

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

noun,plural snow·ber·ries.
  1. a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.

  2. any of certain other white-berried plants.

Origin of snowberry

1
An Americanism dating back to 1750–60; snow + berry

Words Nearby snowberry

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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.

  • 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.

British Dictionary definitions for snowberry

snowberry

/ (ˈsnəʊbərɪ, -brɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Symphoricarpos, esp S. albus, cultivated for their small pink flowers and white berries

  2. Also called: waxberry any of the berries of such a plant

  1. any of various other white-berried plants

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