HyperDic: partridgeberry

English > 1 sense of the word partridgeberry:
NOUNplantpartridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repenscreeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
English > partridgeberry: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningCreeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries.
Synonymsboxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repens
Member ofMitchella, genus MitchellaCreeping evergreen herbs of North America
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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