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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bitter nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), or its fruit.
2. 2
   North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries wordnet
3. 3
   A false lily of the valley (Maianthemum dilatatum), or its fruit.
4. 4
   A blue bead-lily, corn-lily, or yellow clintonia (Clintonia borealis)

Synonyms

All synonyms

actaea rubrared baneberryred baneberryred-berryredberrystraw lily

Etymology

From snake + berry.

Related phrases

false lily of valleysolanum dulcamara

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