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snowberry

snowberry

8.8
A bush with groups of pink flowers and clusters of white round berries
  • noun
  • /ˈsnoʊˌbɛri/
  • US
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  • 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

  • In the forest, the snowberry shrub grows alongside other native plants, creating a lush underbrush.

  • 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.

  • During our hike, we spotted a cluster of snowberry bushes, their white berries contrasting with the green leaves.

Synonyms

Symphoricarpos alba
vssnowberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A bush with white berries and pink flowers that grows in western North America

is the everyday common name used outside scientific contexts
common snowberry
vssnowberry
  • US
7.0

A small bush with pink flower spikes and round white berries

is the shorter primary name without the extra descriptive word

Compounds

A small bush with pink flower spikes and round white berries

creeping snowberry
  • Specialized
9.9

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

snowberry singular
snowberries plural

Morphology

snowberry = snow + berry (transparent) = snow + berry

The compound is a straightforward noun combining 'snow' (descriptive of color/appearance) + 'berry', matching its literal referent of white berries.

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.