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snowberry

snowberry noun: now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos, of North America.

Noun

snowberry (plural snowberries)

  1. now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos, of North America
  2. wintergreen, of genus Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia, and
  3. (Australia) Australian crabapple (Schizomeria ovata)
  4. Fruit of shrubs of these genera.

Forms of snowberry

pluralsnowberries

Origin of snowberry

From snow + berry, from the snow-white colour.

Words formed from snowberry

  • common snowberry
  • creeping snowberry
  • desert snowberry
  • Himalayan snowberry (Gaultheria trichophylla
  • littleleaf snowberry
  • McKittrick's snowberry
  • Mexican snowberry
  • mountain snowberry
  • Palmer's snowberry
  • roundleaf snowberry
  • sharpleaf snowberry
  • snowberry clearwing
  • trailing snowberry
  • western snowberry
  • West Indian snowberry

Questions about snowberry

What does snowberry mean?
Snowberry means now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos, of North America.
What part of speech is snowberry?
Snowberry is a noun.
What is the plural of snowberry?
The plural of snowberry is snowberries.

Words near snowberry in the dictionary

  1. snowbelt
  2. snowbelts
  3. Snowberger
  4. Snowbergers
  5. snowberries
  6. snowberry
  7. snowberry clearwing
  8. snowbike
  9. snowbikes
  10. snowbiking
  11. snowbillies

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