Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A creeping evergreen perennial plant (Mitchella repens) of eastern North America, having small white paired flowers and scarlet berries.
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- noun A
common name used of variousplants including: squaw wine (Mitchella repens),teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens), andlingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea). - noun The
berry of such a plant.
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- noun creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
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Examples
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Once at the table I loaded the pancakes with partridgeberry jam and butter and gobbled them.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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Everyone, except Mr. Blair, was sitting around the table drinking tea and eating biscuits with partridgeberry jam.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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The combination of white outer and red base makes me think of a partridgeberry flower/fruit mash-up.
Unbooks 2009
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Everyone, except Mr. Blair, was sitting around the table drinking tea and eating biscuits with partridgeberry jam.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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Once at the table I loaded the pancakes with partridgeberry jam and butter and gobbled them.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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The combination of white outer and red base makes me think of a partridgeberry flower/fruit mash-up.
NHOS Orchid Show 2009
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Everyone, except Mr. Blair, was sitting around the table drinking tea and eating biscuits with partridgeberry jam.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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Once at the table I loaded the pancakes with partridgeberry jam and butter and gobbled them.
Secret of the Night Ponies JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2009
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I also love partridgeberries, so we had to have something with partridgeberry for dessert.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Sometimes it's partridgeberry pie or crisp; this time it was partridgeberry cheesecake.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
chained_bear commented on the word partridgeberry
"And yet as he struggled through the growth of sumac and partridgeberry, he knew even better that this place could swallow him without a second's hesitation."
—Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (NY: Bantam Dell, 2001), 1040
January 29, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word partridgeberry
See also partridge-berry.
September 2, 2010