Bunchberry

2 definitions found

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

  Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     The dwarf cornel ({Cornus Canadensis}), which bears a dense
     cluster of bright red, edible berries.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  bunchberry
       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}]