CORALBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coralberry mean? 

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

1. North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits

2. shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India

  Familiarity information: CORALBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORALBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coralberry; Indian currant; Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Symphoricarpos; Symphoricarpos (deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ardisia crenata; coralberry; spiceberry

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Ardisia; genus Ardisia (tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas)