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Red-berry (Noun)

Meaning 1

Small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The red-berry shrub grew abundantly in the dry scrublands of the southwestern United States.
  • In the fall, the red-berry's bright red berries attracted a variety of birds and small mammals.
  • The red-berry's spiny branches made it a difficult plant to handle, but its berries were a prized food source for many animals.
  • Hikers often used the red-berry as a landmark, its bright red berries standing out against the dull desert landscape.
  • The red-berry was a common sight in the dry washes and canyons of northern Mexico, its small flowers and bright red berries a welcome splash of color in the arid landscape.

Synonyms

  • Rhamnus Croceus
  • Redberry

Hypernyms

  • Buckthorn

Meaning 2

North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • The woods were teeming with poison ivy, Virginia creeper, and other vegetation, including the infamous red-berry plant that could be fatal if ingested.
  • Red-berry is a type of perennial herb native to eastern North America, commonly found in woodland gardens and shaded areas.
  • Children playing in the woods were warned about the dangers of the red-berry plant, whose shiny red berries were tempting but highly toxic.
  • Wildlife, including birds and small mammals, seemed to know instinctively to avoid the red-berry plant with its clusters of poisonous oval fruits.
  • After the small white flowers had faded, the red-berry plant's true menace became apparent in the form of bright red berries that dangled from its racemes like ornaments.

Synonyms

  • Actaea Rubra
  • Snakeberry
  • Redberry
  • Red Baneberry

Hypernyms

  • Baneberry
  • Cohosh
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