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houndsberry

houndsberry noun: the common dogwood.

Noun

houndsberry

  1. The common dogwood.

Origin of houndsberry

From hound + -s- + berry. Compare Middle English houndesberye.

Questions about houndsberry

What does houndsberry mean?
Houndsberry means the common dogwood.
What part of speech is houndsberry?
Houndsberry is a noun.

Words near houndsberry in the dictionary

  1. hounds
  2. hounds down
  3. hounds of hell
  4. hounds tooth
  5. hounds tooth check
  6. houndsberry
  7. houndshark
  8. houndsharks
  9. houndskull
  10. houndskulls
  11. houndsman

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