bloodberry

9.9

A bushy tropical plant with pale flowers and bright red berries often kept in pots

noun

: sangre de niño

The bloodberry blooms in early summer, attracting bees with its pale pink flowers.

Examples

The bloodberry plant is known for its beautiful clusters of bright red fruits.
In her garden, she proudly displayed a bloodberry surrounded by vibrant green foliage.
My magic alone keeps the bloodberry ink from freezing long enough for me to put words to paper.

Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

Rivina humilis

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Specialized

9.9

A bushy tropical plant with small pale flowers and bright red berries often grown indoors

is the everyday common name used in ordinary speech

blood berry

vsbloodberry

9.9

A bushy tropical houseplant with pale pink or white flowers and clusters of red berries

is written as a single compound word in common usage

rougeberry

vsbloodberry

9.9

A bushy tropical plant with pale pink flowers and clusters of bright red fruit

focuses on the whole plant rather than the fruit

rouge plant

vsbloodberry

9.3

A bushy houseplant with pale pink flowers and clusters of bright red berries

highlights the fruit rather than the whole plant

Surface Forms

bloodberry singular

bloodberries plural

Morphology

bloodberry = blood + berry (transparent) = blood + berry

A straightforward descriptive compound: 'blood' (red) + 'berry' (fruit) clearly describes a red berry; learners can infer this meaning from its parts.

Etymology

Bloodberry comes from the two simple words blood ('the red liquid') and berry ('a small fruit'). It was named for the plant's bright red, berry-like fruits, so the name helps you remember its red clusters.