Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various shrubs of the genus Callicarpa cultivated for their axillary clusters of glossy, usually violet or purple berries.
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- noun A
genus ofshrubs , Callicarpa, which produceberries - noun The berry produced from this shrub.
Etymologies
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Examples
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-- American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) is a native plant from Maryland to Mexico.
Knowing when to prune is crucial for dependable flower blossoms Joel M. Lerner 2010
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A more ornamental, lower-growing version of this plant is purple beautyberry (C. dichotoma).
Knowing when to prune is crucial for dependable flower blossoms Joel M. Lerner 2010
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Duet is the first dependably variegated beautyberry, selected for its yellow-margined, variegated foliage and tolerance to full sun.
New crop of hybrid plants demonstrate beauty of ingenuity Joel M. Lerner 2011
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American beautyberry, sumac, greenbriar, and hawthorn are part of the understory.
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I may be dragging beautyberry to the house in the spring to put with my Muhly, or maybe the birds will just plant me a couple.
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Thanks for the tip about the beautyberry, Nell Jean.
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American beautyberry, sumac, greenbriar, and hawthorn are common understory species.
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Even yesterday, I wanted to buy some garden supplies, but I also needed bird seed, which you can get at a garden store, but if I'm going to the garden store I really need to take back that beautyberry I bought last year that died.
2000-04-17 01:16:34 nueces 2000
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I go in search of the beautyberry receipt, which I had miraculously saved and found a week or so ago but now it is nowhere to be found.
2000-04-17 01:16:34 nueces 2000
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• Trees and shrubs: Pawpaw (Asimina triloba), beautyberry (Callicarpa americana), fringe tree (Chioanthus virginicus) and witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana).
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