snowberry

[ snoh-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun

, plural snow·ber·ries.

1. a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
2. any of certain other white-berried plants.

snowberry

/ -brɪ; ˈsnəʊbərɪ /

noun

1. any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Symphoricarpos, esp S. albus, cultivated for their small pink flowers and white berries
2. Also calledwaxberry any of the berries of such a plant
3. any of various other white-berried plants

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowberry¹

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60; snow + berry

Example Sentences

This is Snowberry, and if you eat of it, you will grow wise in the wisdom of flowers.

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Both grow abundantly as does also the snowberry, the same we cultivate for garden shrubbery.

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Chiogenes hispidula (creeping snowberry), very common in woods.

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It was the creeping snowberry, which was quite common there, its berries just grown.

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For another pupil of the philosopher's, whose homage I carried with my own, I planted a snowberry on Priestley's grave.

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