Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A North American deciduous shrub (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus) cultivated for its abundant clusters of coral-red, berrylike fruits.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Symphoricarpos vulgaris, a shrub resembling the snow-berry, but having the berries dark-red and clustered in the axils of the leaves.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a North American deciduous shrub (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus) cultivated for its abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits.
  • noun shrub (Ardisia crenata) with coral-red berries; it is found from Japan to northern India.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A species of bromeliad, Aechme fulgens, which originates from Brazil, and which is often used as an ornamental plant.
  • noun An alternative name for the American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
  • noun The Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits
  • noun shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India

Etymologies

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coral +‎ berry

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Examples

  • Chaparral herbicide from Dow AgroSciences controls buckbrush, western snowberry and coralberry, plus a wide spectrum of hard-to-control broadleaf weeds in grass and pasture lands.

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  • Last fall I planted the native coralberry, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, and I think that I'll like this little shrub, especially once it gets a bit larger in size.

    Tales from the Microbial Laboratory 2009

  • Some of my favorites still available as of Friday afternoon include bee balm, many varieties of Louisiana iris, and coralberry.

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  • Chaparral herbicide from Dow AgroSciences controls buckbrush, western snowberry and coralberry, plus a wide spectrum of hard-to-control broadleaf weeds in grass and pasture lands.

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