Definitions

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

  • noun edible purple or red berries

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[shad(bush) + berry.]

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Examples

  • There were a few young ashes, two or three half-grown maples, a shadberry bush, and wild raspberry vines to carry the varied foliage to the ground.

    Little Brothers of the Air Olive Thorne Miller 1874

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