wolf|ber|ry

wolf|ber|ry
wolf|ber|ry «WULF BEHR ee, -buhr-», noun, plural -ries.
a North American shrub of the honeysuckle family, allied to the snowberry, sometimes grown for its ornamental white berries.

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