blood berry
- noun
- US
:
sangre de grado
- In tropical climates, the blood berry bush blooms with delicate white flowers followed by bright red fruits.
Examples
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She admired the glossy leaves and bright scarlet blood berries decorating her indoor plant collection.
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Many plant enthusiasts grow the blood berry for its decorative fruit.
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Clusters of scarlet blood berries contrasted beautifully with the plant's glossy leaves.
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The gardener placed a blood berry in the sunniest corner of the greenhouse.
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The blood berry plant thrives in humid environments.
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I bought a blood berry for my living room.
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The vibrant clusters of scarlet blood berries added a striking touch to the garden decor.
Synonyms
A bushy tropical plant with pale flowers and bright red berries often kept in pots
A bushy tropical plant with small pale flowers and bright red berries often grown indoors
A bushy tropical plant with pale pink flowers and clusters of bright red fruit
A bushy houseplant with pale pink flowers and clusters of bright red berries
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'blood berry' is compositionally built from 'blood' (suggesting blood-red colour) + 'berry' (a small fruit), so its referent—a plant/fruit with deep red berries—is directly inferable from the parts. This colour+noun compounding is a common and transparent pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the meaning.
Etymology
Blood berry gets its name from the plant's bright, deep-red fruits that look like drops of blood. The word blood names the red colour and berry the small round fruit, so the name tells you the plant is known for its scarlet berries.
