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partridgeberry
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par·tridge·ber·ry  (pärtrj-br)
n.
A creeping evergreen perennial plant (Mitchella repens) of eastern North America, having small white flowers and scarlet berries. Also called twinberry.
partridgeberry [ˈpɑːtrɪdʒˌbɛrɪ]
n pl -ries
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called boxberry twinberry a creeping woody rubiaceous plant, Mitchella repens, of E North America with small white fragrant flowers and scarlet berries
2. (Cookery) the berry of the wintergreen
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for wintergreen [1]
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Noun1.partridgeberry - creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berriespartridgeberry - creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
boxberry, Mitchella repens, twinberry
genus Mitchella, Mitchella - creeping evergreen herbs of North America
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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Coltsfoot leaves and flowers proved disappointing, as did hawthorn haws and partridgeberries.
Wild plants: winter foods by Kowalewski, David / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Blueberries and partridgeberries are made into wine here; both of those, along with bakeapples (the local name for the rare northern cloudberries), are made into liqueurs.
The Avalon Peninsula by Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe; Rogers, Stillman / Canada's Atlantic Provinces Adventure Guide
Aunt Nellie's Tea Room and Bakery at the Wiltondale Pioneer Village serves several traditional Newfoundland dishes, including fish cakes served with partridgeberries, toutons (deep-fried bread dough) as well as pastries and tea or rhubarb punch.
The Great Northern Peninsula by Rogers, Barbara Radcliffe; Rogers, Stillman / Canada's Atlantic Provinces Adventure Guide
 
 
 
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