snowberry

noun

snow·​ber·​ry ˈsnō-ˌber-ē How to pronounce snowberry (audio)
: any of several white-berried shrubs (especially genus Symphoricarpos of the honeysuckle family)
especially : a low-growing North American shrub (S. albus) with pinkish-white flowers in small axillary clusters

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The realistic-looking garland resembles evergreen pine needles with snowberry cluster accents. Maggie Horton, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024 This is a cool white garden, the steps from the yard to the front door set off by dark yews, puffs of white snowberries and cow parsley in long grass, white-flowering hydrangea bushes, and a white rambling rector rose sprawling up the walls. Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2024 North America has four species of hummingbird moth, with the most common and recognizable being the snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) and the hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe). Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024 Both black bears and grizzly bears eat huckleberries, chokecherries, snowberries, mountain ash berries, and hawthorn berries, among countless other varieties. Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024 This is a few blocks east and uphill from the Laurelwood Golf Course, in an area with Oregon white oaks, Oregon ash, snowberry, vine maple, other miscellaneous trees, as well as much undergrowth. oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023 Heading down the Pimlico Road, Linley roars with two giant topiary lions, and an old-school snowberry white Mini Cooper. Vogue, 2 June 2022 Try making a wreath using faux snowberries on a grapevine base and spray it with silver paint. Iris Van Rynbach, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2019 Elderberry, serviceberry, dogwood and snowberry are attractive options that are well-adapted to our region and great sources of fall food for birds. oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowberry was in 1760

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“Snowberry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowberry. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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