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BLOOD BERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood berry mean? 

BLOOD BERRY (noun)
  The noun BLOOD BERRY has 1 sense:

1. bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americasplay

  Familiarity information: BLOOD BERRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOOD BERRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blood berry; bloodberry; Rivina humilis; rouge plant; rougeberry

Hypernyms ("blood berry" is a kind of...):

houseplant (any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes)

Holonyms ("blood berry" is a member of...):

genus Rivina; Rivina (small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America)


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