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
Hypernyms
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.