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Definition of Twinberry

1. Noun. Shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America.

2. Noun. Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries.

Definition of Twinberry

1. Noun. A North American species of honeysuckle, ''Lonicera involucrata''. ¹

2. Noun. Its fruit, a bitter edible black berry containing several small seeds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Twinberry

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twinberry

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Literary usage of Twinberry

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

1. Experiments with Plants by Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1917)
"twinberry, Checkerberry, Deerberry and Squaw-vine) illustrates another method. Fig. 168 represents two flowers cut open. In one of these the anthers are ..."

2. Experiments with plants by Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1905)
"twinberry, Checkerberry, Deerberry and Squaw-vine) illustrates another method. Fig. 168 represents two flowers ..."

3. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"BUSH OR FLY HONEYSUCKLE, twinberry. Erect branching shrubs, with opposite simple leaves. Flowers axillary in pairs, the common peduncle ..."

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