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Dangleberry

A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.

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Huckleberry 76% connected

The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and f…

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Berried adjective · 78% connection

Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, a berried shrub.

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Bise noun · 78% connection

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

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Blaubok noun · 78% connection

The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue.

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Blue superl. · 78% connection

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; b…

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Bush noun · 78% connection

A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

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Chalcanthite noun · 78% connection

Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

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Checkerberry noun · 78% connection

A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitc…

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Chinquapin noun · 78% connection

A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also,…

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Crowberry noun · 78% connection

A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.

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Currant noun · 78% connection

The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.

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Dark adjective · 78% connection

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…

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Deerberry noun · 78% connection

A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.

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Elk noun · 78% connection

A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The Americ…

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Fingrigo noun · 78% connection

A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.

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Glaucous adjective · 78% connection

Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf.

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Gooseberry adjective · 78% connection

Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is…

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Grape noun · 78% connection

A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp,…

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Indigo noun · 78% connection

A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera…

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