snowberry
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- noun
- /ˈsnoʊˌbɛri/
- US
- Wildflowers such as goldthread, creeping snowberry, and large-leaved goldenrod, among others, grow in these forests, along with many other species from the lower elevations.
- creeping snowberry
Examples
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In the forest, the snowberry shrub grows alongside other native plants, creating a lush underbrush.
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The trees were flanked by these beautiful red snowberry bushes.
Blog text (2) -
Other plants are blue marsh violet, creeping snowberry, marsh marigold, northern St. Johnswort, swamp saxifrage, and Virginia marsh St. Johnswort.
Academic text (2011) -
The pickers sit beneath apple trees or under Ponderosa pines along an irrigation ditch where chokecherry and wild rose thrive, along with elderberry, snowberry, and blackberry.
Fiction book (1999) -
The garden was filled with colorful flowers, including snowberry bushes that produced small white berries.
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During our hike, we spotted a cluster of snowberry bushes, their white berries contrasting with the green leaves.
Synonyms
A bush with white berries and pink flowers that grows in western North America
A small bush with pink flower spikes and round white berries
Compounds
- Specialized
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A low bush that spreads on the ground with small white flowers and white berries
An evergreen climbing bush with fragrant white flowers and round white berries
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word snowberry is a simple name made from snow ('snow') and berry ('small fruit'), because the plant has round white berries that look like little balls of snow on its branches. That's why a snowberry is a bush with clusters of white berries.