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redberry

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The lingonberry or cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada

Qualifier: Labrador

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: red baneberry, red-berry, snakeberry, Actaea rubra

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher

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noun

Meaning 3

small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: red-berry, Rhamnus croceus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: buckthorn

History

Etymology

From red + berry.