Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A shrub bearing white berries:
now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos, of North America
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A shrub bearing white berries:
wintergreen, of genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia, and
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A shrub bearing white berries:
Australian crabapple (Schizomeria ovata)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The fruit of shrubs of these genera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: common snowberry, waxberry, Symphoricarpos alba
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poisonous plant
History
From snow + berry, from the snow-white colour.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
