English Explanatory Dictionary

beautyberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries.
  2. The lustrous purple edible berry produced by this shrub.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-beautyberry.wav

Word forms

beautyberry beautyberries

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder. Old Latin *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Vulgar Latin -tās Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty Middle English berye English berry English beautyberry From beauty + berry.

Derived words

American beautyberry Bodinier's beautyberry Japanese beautyberry purple beautyberry
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