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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 berries
Familiarity information: MARLBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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