Lexic.us

Definition of Male berry

1. Noun. Deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Male Berry

Literary usage of Male berry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mysteries of the Flowers by Herbert Waldron Faulkner (1917)
"male berry—Andromeda ligustrina (called by some botanists Lyonia) June-July This is a shrub growing in moist thickets which lives like a clown by its jokes. ..."

2. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: Containing Abridged by Robert Wight, George Arnott Walker Arnott (1834)
"... the female in different axils from the male : berry globose, (size of a large pea), glabrous : seeds several, surrounded by a broad tumid zone, smooth. ..."

3. The Cuisine: Containing Household Cooking Recipes Prepared Under the by An eminent French chef, Eminent French caterer, Van Cott, A.B., & Company, Chicago (1872)
"male berry Java. We place this at the head of the list, as the richest, strongest, ... The male berry described above is picked from this coffee. ..."

4. Flora of Tropical Africa by Daniel Oliver (1871)
"Calyx and corolla a little smaller than the male. Berry small, 1 in. diameter. Seeds few, lenticular, flat, £ in. long, slightly bordered. Upper Guinea. ..."

5. Memoirs by Horticultural Society of New York (1904)
"... however, the productive berries entirely disappear and the male berry takes entire possession. The flowers of the seedlings which I have grown have been ..."

6. Proceedings, International Conference on Plant Breeding and Hybridization (1904)
"... district will produce many blackberries; in a few years, however, the productive berries entirely disappear and the male berry takes entire possession. ..."

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