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TWINBERRY

Dictionary entry overview: What does twinberry mean?

• TWINBERRY (noun)
The noun TWINBERRY has 2 senses:

1. shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America
2. creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries

Familiarity information: TWINBERRY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TWINBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lonicera involucrata; twinberry

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

honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

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

genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

boxberry; Mitchella repens; partridgeberry; twinberry

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

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

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

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

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