dogberry
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See also: Dogberry
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See dogwood and berry. Compare also dog rose. Compare German Hundbeere (“bittersweet”), Ancient Greek κυνόσβατος (kunósbatos, “evergreen rose”), Lithuanian šùnobelė (“buckthorn”), Italian mela canina (“mandrake”).
Noun[edit]
dogberry (plural dogberries)
- The berry of the dogwood.
- Clintonia borealis (yellow clintonia)
Translations[edit]
References[edit]
- “dogberry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.