twin|ber|ry

twin|ber|ry
twin|ber|ry «TWIHN BEHR ee, -buhr-», noun, plural -ries.
1. = partridgeberry. (Cf.partridgeberry)
2. a North American shrub, a honeysuckle, whose yellowish-red flowers are subtended by purplish involucres.

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