partridgeberry

[ pahr-trij-ber-ee ]

noun,plural par·tridge·ber·ries.
  1. a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.

Origin of partridgeberry

1
First recorded in 1705–15; partridge + berry

Words Nearby partridgeberry

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British Dictionary definitions for partridgeberry

partridgeberry

/ (ˈpɑːtrɪdʒˌbɛrɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. Also called: boxberry, twinberry a creeping woody rubiaceous plant, Mitchella repens, of E North America with small white fragrant flowers and scarlet berries

  2. the berry of the wintergreen

  1. another name for wintergreen (def. 1)

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