dogberry
Appearance
See also: Dogberry
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]dogberry (plural dogberries)
- The berry of the dogwood.
- Clintonia borealis (yellow clintonia)
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- “dogberry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.