beautyberry

[byoo-tee-ber-ee]

beau·ty·ber·ry

[byoo-tee-ber-ee]
noun, plural beau·ty·ber·ries.
any of various shrubs of the genus Callicarpa, of southern North America, as C. americana, having clusters of bluish flowers and purple, berrylike fruit.

Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; beauty + berry, as translation of Neo-Latin Callicarpa
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Beautyberry is always a great word to know.
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