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WOLFBERRY

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wolf⋅ber⋅ry

[woolf-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, of the honeysuckle family, having gray, hairy, egg-shaped leaves and pinkish, bell-shaped flowers, and bearing white berries.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; wolf + berry
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wolf·ber·ry   (wŏŏlf'běr'ē)   
n.  A deciduous shrub (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) of western North America, having white berries and pinkish bell-shaped flowers.
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