twinberry

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

noun, plural twin·ber·ries.

the partridgeberry, Mitchella repens.

a North American honeysuckle shrub, Lonicera involucrata, having involucrate flowers of various colors.

Origin of twinberry

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; twin¹ + berry

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British Dictionary definitions for twinberry

twinberry

noun plural -ries

another name for partridgeberry (def. 1)

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