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dogberry

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See also: Dogberry

English

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Etymology

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See dogwood and berry. Compare also dog rose. Compare German Hundbeere (bittersweet), Ancient Greek κυνόσβατος (kunósbatos, evergreen rose), Lithuanian šùnobelė (buckthorn), Italian mela canina (mandrake).

Noun

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dogberry (plural dogberries)

  1. The berry of the dogwood.
  2. Clintonia borealis (yellow clintonia)

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