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单词 partridgeberry
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partridgeberry

[ pahr-trij-ber-ee ]
/ ˈpɑr trɪdʒˌbɛr i /

noun, plural par·tridge·ber·ries.

a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.

Origin of partridgeberry

First recorded in 1705–15; partridge + berry

Words nearby partridgeberry

Part of Fortune, part of speech, parton, partook, partridge, partridgeberry, partridge pea, partridge wood, parts, part-score, parts of a sentence
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British Dictionary definitions for partridgeberry

partridgeberry
/ (ˈpɑːtrɪdʒˌbɛrɪ) /

noun plural -ries

Also called: boxberry, twinberry a creeping woody rubiaceous plant, Mitchella repens, of E North America with small white fragrant flowers and scarlet berries
the berry of the wintergreen
another name for wintergreen (def. 1)
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