dahoon
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A small bright red berry from a holly tree that birds eat in winter
- noun
- /dəˈhun/
- US
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baya de dahoon
- Many birds love to eat dahoon berries.
Examples
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The dahoon berries are bright red and very attractive.
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Children collected dahoon from beneath the holly trees for a school project.
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The bright red dahoon attracts many birds during the autumn months.
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Wildlife in the region depends on the dahoon as a food source in winter.
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The bright red dahoon attracts many birds during the autumn months.
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Children collected dahoon from beneath the holly trees for a school project.
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Wildlife in the region depends on the dahoon as a food source in winter.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dahoon can also mean the small red berry of that same holly. Because local people used the same name for the plant and its fruit, dahoon came to mean the berry itself.