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MALEBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maleberry mean? 

MALEBERRY (noun)
  The noun MALEBERRY has 1 sense:

1. deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: MALEBERRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALEBERRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

he-huckleberry; Lyonia ligustrina; male berry; maleberry; privet andromeda

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Lyonia; Lyonia (evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya)


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