Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name in the West Indies of the rouge-berry, Rivina humilis. Also called cat's-blood.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A bushy houseplant (Rivina humilis) having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; it is native to the tropical Americas.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas
  • noun bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas

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  • Out on the Hemp Road, we’ve pretty well burned out and destroyed the strongest bloodberry thickets, and the bison keep eating them anyway.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • Out on the Hemp Road, we’ve pretty well burned out and destroyed the strongest bloodberry thickets, and the bison keep eating them anyway.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

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