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twinberry

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

noun

plural twinberries.
  1. the partridgeberry, Mitchella repens.
  2. a North American honeysuckle shrub, Lonicera involucrata, having involucrate flowers of various colors.


twinberry

/ -brɪ; ˈtwɪnbərɪ /

noun

  1. another name for partridgeberry
“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 twinberry1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; twin 1 + berry
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Cedars, firs, willows, bitter cherry, thimbleberry, twinberry and so many more are all thriving here.

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Soft swales of sedges and a thickening tangle of twinberry and ninebark thrive under a canopy of willow and poplar.

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