snowberry

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Etymology

From snow +‎ berry, from the snow-white colour.

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Noun

snowberry (plural snowberries)

  1. A shrub bearing white berries:
    1. now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos
    2. also Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia, and
    3. (Australia) Schizomeria ovata
  2. The fruit of shrubs of these genera.

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