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twin⋅ber⋅ry

  [twin-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. the partridgeberry, Mitchella repens.
2. a North American honeysuckle shrub, Lonicera involucrata, having involucrate flowers of various colors.
Origin:
1815–25, Americanism twin 1 + berry
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par·tridge·ber·ry   (pär'trĭj-běr'ē)   
n.  A creeping evergreen perennial plant (Mitchella repens) of eastern North America, having small white flowers and scarlet berries. Also called twinberry.
twin·ber·ry   (twĭn'běr'ē)   
n.  

  1. See partridgeberry.

  2. A deciduous North American shrub (Lonicera involucrata) having shiny purple-black berries and paired flowers with a yellow tubular corolla.

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