Baneberry

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Baneberry \Bane"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     A genus {(Act[ae]a)} of plants, of the order
     {Ranunculace[ae]}, native in the north temperate zone. The
     red or white berries are poisonous.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  baneberry
       n 1: a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
       2: a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
          [syn: {cohosh}, {herb Christopher}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Baneberry, TN (city, FIPS 3078)
    Location: 36.04484 N, 83.28345 W
    Population (1990): 218 (109 housing units)
    Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 37890

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Baneberry, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee
     Population (2000):    366
     Housing Units (2000): 186
     Land area (2000):     1.805147 sq. miles (4.675308 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000905 sq. miles (0.002345 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.806052 sq. miles (4.677653 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            03078
     Located within:       Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
     Location:             36.045912 N, 83.275804 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     37890
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Baneberry, TN
      Baneberry