snowberry
Americannoun
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a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
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any of certain other white-berried plants.
noun
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any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Symphoricarpos, esp S. albus, cultivated for their small pink flowers and white berries
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Also called: waxberry. any of the berries of such a plant
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any of various other white-berried plants
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We’ve grown especially fond of snowberry, flowering currant, our two native strawberries, wood sorrel, vine maple and of course, our state flower, the Pacific rhododendron.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
The logs are covered in mulch, on which crews planted more than 30,000 native plants, shrubs and trees: Nootka rose, snowberry, cottonwoods, Lyngbye’s sedge, beach grass.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023
Rumor is that this snowberry is reasonably deer-resistant, but it’s probably too soon to tell.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
McCleary typically paints them not much differently from those hearty limes or snowberry honeysuckles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2018
The door was at the side, facing us, and a tangle of snowberry bushes and cinnamon roses grew to the level of the window-sills.
From The Queen's Twin and Other Stories by Jewett, Sarah Orne
In this case it meant jumping over the stream, crocodile or not, and tearing his away through snowberries and brambles until he emerged on the moors at the bottom of the valley.
From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton
“Don't you think these snowberries are pretty with this red dress?” she asked.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.
But the car had just stopped when Evelyn returned, and she had a little cluster of snowberries pinned in the front of her red gown.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.
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