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🟠 An orange berry 🌿 A thorny plant
seaberry

seaberry

7.4
A thorny shrub that grows bright orange berries people use for food and hedges
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːˌbɛri/
translation icon : espino marino
  • The seaberry shrub produces bright orange berries that are rich in vitamins.

Examples

  • The seaberry plant thrives in coastal areas.

  • The seaberry is valued for its nutritious fruit and ability to grow in poor soils.

  • Birds often feed on the bright orange berries of the seaberry during winter.

  • They made a tart juice from freshly picked seaberry fruit.

  • Many farmers grow seaberries for their health benefits.

  • In winter, many deer find shelter among the thorny branches of the seaberry bush.

  • Farmers cultivate seaberry for its berries, which can be made into jams and juices.

Surface Forms

seaberry singular
seaberries plural

Morphology

seaberry = sea + berry (transparent) = sea + berry

Used to name the shrub that produces the sea-associated berries; the plant meaning is a regular extension of the compound.

Etymology

Seaberry also names the plant that makes those fruits because it comes from sea and berry, meaning 'sea' and 'berry', so the word can mean the thorny, coastal shrub as well as its bright orange berries.