snowberry

English

Etymology

snow +‎ berry, from the snow-white colour.

Pronunciation

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Noun

snowberry (plural snowberries)

1. A shrub bearing white berries:
   1. now especially of the genus Symphoricarpos
   2. also Gaultheria, especially Gaultheria oppositifolia, and
   3. (Australia) Schizomeria ovata
2. The fruit of shrubs of these genera.

Derived terms

• common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
• creeping snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis, Symphoricarpos hesperius, also Gaultheria hispidula)
• desert snowberry (Symphoricarpos longiflorus)
• Himalayan snowberry (Gaultheria trichophylla
• littleleaf snowberry (Symphoricarpos microphyllus)
• McKittrick's snowberry (Symphoricarpos guadalupensis)
• Mexican snowberry (Symphoricarpos mexicanus)
• mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos oreophilus)
• Palmer's snowberry (Symphoricarpos palmeri)
• roundleaf snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius)
• sharpleaf snowberry (Symphoricarpos acutus)
• snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis)
• trailing snowberry (Symphoricarpos hesperius)
• West Indian snowberry (Chiococca alba)
• western snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)

 

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: бял маргарит m (bjal margarit)
• Dutch: sneeuwbes (nl) f
• Finnish: lumimarja (fi)
• French: symphorine (fr) f
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} taupuku
• Romanian: hurmuz (ro) m
• Swedish: snöbär (sv), smällbär

fruit

• Finnish: lumimarja (fi)
• Swedish: smällbär, snöbär (sv) n