PARTRIDGEBERRY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries

Synonyms:

boxberry; Mitchella repens; partridgeberry; twinberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("partridgeberry" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("partridgeberry" is a member of...):

genus Mitchella; Mitchella (creeping evergreen herbs of North America)

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