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Definition of Snakeberry
1. Noun. North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries.
Generic synonyms: Baneberry, Cohosh, Herb Christopher
Definition of Snakeberry
1. Noun. ''Solanum dulcamara'', the bitter nightshade, or its fruit. ¹
2. Noun. ''Maianthemum dilatatum'', the false lily of the valley, or its fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakeberry
Literary usage of Snakeberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Cornelius Mathews (1856)
"Let the snakeberry spring up to detain her!" cried out the young man ; and
immediately the berries spread like scarlet all over the path, ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1912)
"... snakeberry, two-eyed berry, squaw-plum. Habitat and range.—The squaw vine is
common in woods from Nova Scotia to Minnesota and south to Florida and ..."
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