English Explanatory Dictionary

snowberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shrub bearing white berries:
  2. now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos
  3. also Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia, and
  4. Schizomeria ovata
  5. The fruit of shrubs of these genera.

Pronunciation

en-au-snowberry.ogg

Word forms

snowberry snowberries

Etymology

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

Derived words

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

Translations

Bulgarian: бял маргарит Dutch: sneeuwbes Finnish: lumimarja French: symphorine Irish: póirín sneachta Māori: takapo Navajo: tsétsohkʼįįʼ Polish: śnieguliczka Romanian: hurmuz Swedish: snöbär Swedish: smällbär
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