Crossword clues for bunchberry
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel ( Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A common name for two species of dwarf dogwoods: ''Cornus canadensis'' - (vern Canadian bunchberry pedia=1) or (vern eastern bunchberry pedia=1); (taxlink Cornus suecica species noshow=1) - (vern Eurasian bunchberry pedia=1) or (vern northern bunchberry pedia=1). 2 The fruit of either of these plants.
WordNet
n. creeping red-berried perennial herb distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska [syn: dwarf cornel, crackerberry, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis]
Wikipedia
Bunchberry is a common name for two species of dwarf dogwoods:
- Cornus canadensis - Canadian or eastern bunchberry
- Cornus suecica - Eurasian or northern bunchberry
- Cornus unalaschkensis - Alaskan or western bunchberry
Usage examples of "bunchberry".
The moonstone remained in her trouser pocket, and the bayberry sprig and bunchberry flower were tucked in an inner pocket of the greatcoat.
The floor creaked beneath her feet, and she wondered when Miss Bunchberry would return for her.
Miss Bunchberry, the older woman sank back into the sofa with an ecstatic giggle.
Miss Bunchberry and the glow of the oil lamp up the stairs to the second story.
She had awakened to the warm glow of the rising sun, as Miss Bunchberry had promised she would, certain that she had slept hours upon hours.
She drew the hood up over her head with her tied hands, and searched the pockets for the bunchberry flower and sprig of bayberry in vain.
If only she still possessed the winged horse brooch or the bunchberry flower.
She could toss a bunchberry petal to the wind, but by the time help arrived, Shawdell would have her sliced into a hundred pieces.
It was supposed to bring a friend in need, and though she had thought so at the time, the arrival of the Green Riders had not been the result of the bunchberry petal.
Did the bunchberry petals lose their efficacy after a certain amount of time?
The bunchberry immediately cooled the burns, penetrating deep under them to relieve the pain.
Now lush groundcovers such as bunchberry and pachysandra alternate with elaborate topiary displays.
Flower and leaf resemble those of the dogwood-tree, to which family the bunchberry belongs.
It, too, grows low on the ground, but the bunchberries are in close clusters at the top of the small plant where the leaves radiate.
I took a dip in the river as I came along and made my toilet in a place where Milton's Sabrina might have lived," he said, shaking back his damp hair and settling the knot of scarlet bunchberries stuck in his buttonhole.