BUNCHBERRY
Dictionary entry overview: What does bunchberry mean? • BUNCHBERRY (noun)
The noun BUNCHBERRY has 1 sense:
1. creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
Familiarity information: BUNCHBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BUNCHBERRY (noun)
Meaning:
Creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bunchberry; Cornus canadensis; crackerberry; dwarf cornel; pudding berry
Hypernyms ("bunchberry" is a kind of...):
cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)
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