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Definition of Pigeon berry
1. Noun. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeon Berry
Literary usage of Pigeon berry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... —The Papineau Falls—Losing a Fish—The Old Camp —A Rough Path—The pigeon berry—A
Jam—River Driving—Adventure with a Bear—The Grand Falls— Camping out. ..."
2. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... Falls—Losing a Fish—The Old Camp —A Rough Path—The pigeon berry—A Jam—River
Driving—Adventure with a Bear—The Grand Falls— Camping out. ..."
3. The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion (1869)
"... number of the Journal, is the common native pigeon-berry. It is an herbaceous
perennial, and, in some localities, is found growing in great abundance. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"PIGEON-BERRY, or INK-BERRY. See POKEWEED. PIGEON ENGLISH. See PIDGIN. PIGEON HAWK,
a small falcon (Falco columbarius), distributed throughout the northern ..."
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