bunchberry

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

noun

, plural bunch·ber·ries.

1. a dwarf dogwood, Cornus canadensis, bearing dense clusters of bright-red berries.

bunchberry

/ ˈbʌntʃˌbɛrɪ /

noun

1. a dwarf variety of dogwood native to North America, Cornus canadensis , having red berries

Word History and Origins

Origin of bunchberry¹

First recorded in 1835–45; bunch + berry

Example Sentences

Dix organized work parties to clear paths and applied for a $2,200 King Conservation District grant to landscape and replant it with native plants — bunchberry, Oregon grape, flowering currant, salal.

From Seattle Times

One of the fastest actions in the plant world is the explosive opening of flowers on the bunchberry dogwood, which happens in just under 0.5 milliseconds.

From BBC

Four of the seventeen species found in the United States are trees; the rest are shrubs, one of them the low-growing bunchberry of our Northern woods.

From Project Gutenberg

In 2005, they described how the bunchberry dogwood flower shoots its pollen like a medieval catapult.

From New York Times

He talked at random of brooks that start nowhere and go nowhere, save over white stones and past watercress; of thin ribbed ferns and of scarlet bunchberries.

From Project Gutenberg