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snowberry

[ snoh-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun

plural snowberries.
  1. a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
  2. any of certain other white-berried plants.


snowberry

/ -brɪ; ˈsnəʊbərɪ /

noun

  1. any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Symphoricarpos, esp S. albus, cultivated for their small pink flowers and white berries
  2. Also calledwaxberry any of the berries of such a plant
  3. any of various other white-berried plants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of snowberry1

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60; snow + berry
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We’ve grown especially fond of snowberry, flowering currant, our two native strawberries, wood sorrel, vine maple and of course, our state flower, the Pacific rhododendron.

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The logs are covered in mulch, on which crews planted more than 30,000 native plants, shrubs and trees: Nootka rose, snowberry, cottonwoods, Lyngbye’s sedge, beach grass.

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Rumor is that this snowberry is reasonably deer-resistant, but it’s probably too soon to tell.

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Their names are playful: squashberries, wild beach plums, mayhaw, snowberries and the dreamily named cloudberry.

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Others have proposed Native American plants: the evergreen currant, the island snapdragon, hummingbird sage and creeping snowberry, Espinosa said.

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