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baneberry
noun bane·ber·ry \ˈbān-ˌber-ē\
Definition of BANEBERRY
: any of several perennial herbs (genus Actaea) of the buttercup family having acrid poisonous berries; also : one of the berries
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First Known Use of BANEBERRY
1755
Rhymes with BANEBERRY
barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry
Medical Dictionary
baneberry
noun bane·ber·ry \ˈbān-ˌber-ē, British often & US sometimes -b(ə-)rē\
plural bane·ber·ries
Medical Definition of BANEBERRY
1
: the acid poisonous berry of any plant of the genus Actaea
2
: a plant of the genus Actaea
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