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baneberry
/ ˈbeɪnbərɪ /
noun
- Also calledBritherb ChristopherUScohosh any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Actaea , esp A. spicata , which has small white flowers and red or white poisonous berries
- a berry of any of these plants
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Origin of baneberry1
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Example Sentences
There is baneberry, whose very name sufficiently describes its dangerous nature.
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Even as it was, I felt myself fortunate to have seen the baneberry in one of its few native haunts.
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I am also equally curious to know if anything eats the fruit of the red and white baneberry and the blue cohosh.
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