sheep|ber|ry

sheep|ber|ry
sheep|ber|ry «SHEEP BEHR ee, -buhr-», noun, plural -ries.
1. a tall North American shrub of the honeysuckle family, bearing clusters of small white flowers and edible, black, berrylike fruit.
2. the fruit itself.
3. the black haw or its fruit.

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