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Definition of Spiceberry
1. Noun. Shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India.
Exact synonyms: Ardisia Crenata, Coralberry
Group relationships: Ardisia, Genus Ardisia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Ardisia, Genus Ardisia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
2. Noun. Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.
Exact synonyms: Boxberry, Checkerberry, Teaberry, Wintergreen
Generic synonyms: Berry
Group relationships: Checkerberry, Creeping Wintergreen, Gaultheria Procumbens, Ground-berry, Groundberry, Mountain Tea, Teaberry, Wintergreen
Generic synonyms: Berry
Group relationships: Checkerberry, Creeping Wintergreen, Gaultheria Procumbens, Ground-berry, Groundberry, Mountain Tea, Teaberry, Wintergreen
Definition of Spiceberry
1. Noun. A compact flowering plant, ''Ardisia crenata'', native to East Asia. ¹
2. Noun. Its fruit, a glossy, bright red drupe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiceberry
Literary usage of Spiceberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"spiceberry (Fla.). Eugenia garberi Sargent. G-arber Stopper. EUGENIA PROCERA
Sargent. RANGE.—Florida (hammock, three-fourths mile cast of mouth of Miami ..."
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