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TWINBERRY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries

Synonyms:

boxberry; Mitchella repens; partridgeberry; twinberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

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

genus Mitchella; Mitchella (creeping evergreen herbs of North America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America

Synonyms:

Lonicera involucrata; twinberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

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

genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)

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