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PARTRIDGEBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does partridgeberry mean?
• PARTRIDGEBERRY (noun)
The noun PARTRIDGEBERRY has 1 sense:
1. creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
Familiarity information: PARTRIDGEBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
boxberry; Mitchella repens; partridgeberry; twinberry
Hypernyms ("partridgeberry" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("partridgeberry" is a member of...):
genus Mitchella; Mitchella (creeping evergreen herbs of North America)
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