BANEBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baneberry mean? 

• BANEBERRY (noun)
  The noun BANEBERRY has 2 senses:

1. a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea

2. a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries

  Familiarity information: BANEBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANEBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("baneberry" is a kind of...):

berry (a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry))

Holonyms ("baneberry" is a part of...):

baneberry; cohosh; herb Christopher (a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

baneberry; cohosh; herb Christopher

Hypernyms ("baneberry" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Meronyms (parts of "baneberry"):

baneberry (a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "baneberry"):

Actaea rubra; red-berry; red baneberry; redberry; snakeberry (North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries)

Actaea alba; doll's eyes; white baneberry; white bead; white cohosh (North American herb with white poisonous berries)

Holonyms ("baneberry" is a member of...):

Actaea; genus Actaea (baneberry)