Definitions
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- noun Solanum dulcamara, the bitter nightshade, or its fruit.
- noun Maianthemum dilatatum, the false lily of the valley, or its fruit.
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- noun North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
Etymologies
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snake + berry
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Examples
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"Let the snakeberry spring up to detain her!" cried out the young man; and immediately the berries spread like scarlet all over the path, for a long distance; and the old Toad-Woman, who was almost as fond of these berries as she was of fat bears, could not avoid stooping down to pick and eat.
The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends Cornelius Mathews 1853
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The old Toad-Woman was very anxious to get forward, but the snakeberry-vines kept spreading out on every side; and they still grow and grow, and spread and spread; and to this day the wicked old
The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends Cornelius Mathews 1853
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