Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
partridge-berry .
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Examples
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All around were low, creeping hemlocks, and among them the partridge-vine and the wintergreen grew, and the sweet black acorns could be scratched from under the snow.
Lobo, Rag and Vixen Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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The partridge-vine was full of rosy provision for the birds.
Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness Henry Van Dyke 1892
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