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MARLBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marlberry mean? 

MARLBERRY (noun)
  The noun MARLBERRY has 1 sense:

1. tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berriesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MARLBERRY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ardisia escallonoides; Ardisia paniculata; marlberry

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

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

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

Ardisia; genus Ardisia (tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas)


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