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spiceberry
spice·ber·ry S0636100 (spīs′bĕr′ē)n. An evergreen shrub (Ardisia crenata) native to Asia, cultivated as an ornamental for its attractive foliage and clusters of bright red, long-lasting berrylike fruit. Also called coralberry.spiceberry (ˈspaɪsbərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) a myrtaceous tree, Eugenia rhombea, of the Caribbean and Florida, with orange or black edible fruits2. (Cookery) the fruit of this tree3. (Plants) any of various other aromatic plants or shrubs having spicy edible berries, such as wintergreenThesaurus| Noun | 1. | spiceberry - shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern IndiaArdisia crenata, coralberryArdisia, genus Ardisia - tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americasbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | | 2. | spiceberry - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oilboxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, wintergreenberry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preservescheckerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, groundberry, ground-berry - creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil |
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Synonyms for spiceberrynoun shrub with coral-red berriesSynonyms- Ardisia crenata
- coralberry
Related Words- Ardisia
- genus Ardisia
- bush
- shrub
noun spicy red berrylike fruitSynonyms- boxberry
- checkerberry
- teaberry
- wintergreen
Related Words- berry
- checkerberry
- creeping wintergreen
- Gaultheria procumbens
- mountain tea
- teaberry
- wintergreen
- groundberry
- ground-berry
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