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bunchberry

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Either of two species of dwarf dogwoods:

Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cornel, dogwood

2

noun

Meaning 2

Either of two species of dwarf dogwoods:

Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Canadian dwarf cornel, crackerberry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cornel, dogwood

3

noun

Meaning 3

The fruit of either of these plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dwarf cornel, crackerberry, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dogwood, dogwood tree, cornel

History

Etymology

From bunch + berry.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bella Coola: p̓x̣włtłp — plant
  • Finnish: ruohokanukka — plant
  • Swedish: hönsbär — plant
  • Czech: dřín kanadský — Cornus canadensis
  • Czech: svída kanadská — Cornus canadensis
  • German: Kanadischer Hartriegel — Cornus canadensis
  • German: Teppich-Hartriegel — Cornus canadensis
  • German: Teppichhartriegel — Cornus canadensis
  • Russian: дёрен кана́дский (djóren kanádskij) — Cornus canadensis
  • Russian: кизи́л кана́дский (kizíl kanádskij) — Cornus canadensis
  • Czech: dřín švédský — Cornus suecica
  • Czech: svída švédská — Cornus suecica
  • German: Schwedischer Hartriegel — Cornus suecica
  • Russian: дёрен шве́дский (djóren švédskij) — Cornus suecica
  • Russian: кизи́л шве́дский (kizíl švédskij) — Cornus suecica
  • Bella Coola: p̓x̣włt — fruit
  • Finnish: ruohokanukan marja — fruit
  • Swedish: hönsbär — fruit