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bunchberry

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bunch⋅ber⋅ry

[buhnch-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
a dwarf dogwood, Cornus canadensis, bearing dense clusters of bright-red berries.
Also called crackerberry.


Origin:
1835–45; bunch + berry
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bunch·ber·ry   (bŭnch'běr'ē)   
n.  See dwarf cornel.
dwarf cornel  
n.  A herbaceous plant (Cornus canadensis) of northern North America, having creeping rhizomes, scarlet fruit, and inconspicuous greenish flowers surrounded by four white, petallike bracts. Also called bunchberry.
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