stretchberry

noun

stretch·​berry

1

: the fruit of a bristly or prickly greenbrier (Smilax bonanox)

2

: the plant producing stretchberries

Word History

Etymology

stretch entry 3 + berry; from the elastic tissue in the pulp of the berries

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