rougeberry

9.9

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

noun

: rougeberry

The rougeberry blooms with delicate pink flowers before producing its vibrant fruit.

Examples

The rougeberry is popular for its decorative scarlet berries during the winter months.
She placed a potted rougeberry by the window to brighten the room.
The rougeberry blooms beautifully in the spring.
My grandmother's garden has a lovely rougeberry plant.
She placed a potted rougeberry by the window to brighten the room.
The rougeberry blooms with delicate pink flowers before producing its vibrant fruit.
The rougeberry is popular for its decorative scarlet berries during the winter months.

Synonyms

rouge plant

vsrougeberry

9.3

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

is the same plant but uses a single word name instead of two words

Rivina humilis

vsrougeberry

Specialized

9.9

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

is the common name used instead of the Latin scientific label

bloodberry

vsrougeberry

9.9

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

refers to the fruits as scarlet berries rather than berry like fruits

Surface Forms

rougeberry singular

rougeberries plural

Morphology

rougeberry = rouge + berry (semi-transparent) = rouge + berry

The compound literally means 'red' + 'berry', but 'rouge' is a French borrowing used as a colour name that many learners may not know, so the relation is only partly obvious.

Etymology

Rougeberry comes from French rouge 'red' and English berry 'small fruit', so it simply means 'red berry'. That's why a rougeberry is a decorative plant known for its bright red berries.