snowberry Synonyms
Another word for snowberry
• noun (Context 1)
Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Symphoricarpos in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae), native chiefly to North America, bearing clusters of small, bell-shaped pink and white flowers in summer followed by prominent white berries.
"The landscaper planted waxberry bushes along the shaded border to provide winter interest after the pink summer blossoms faded."
• noun (Context 2)
The round, spongy white berry of a snowberry plant, especially the edible, wintergreen-flavored white fruit of the creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula) or the ornamental white berry of the genus Symphoricarpos.
"While hiking through the northern bog, we sampled the tart, aromatic snowberries growing on mats of mossy groundcover."
• noun (Context 3)
A creeping, evergreen mat-forming subshrub (Gaultheria hispidula) of the heath family (Ericaceae), native to northern North America, having tiny bristly stems and small white bell-shaped flowers.
"Delicate mats of creeping moxieplum covered the decaying logs on the damp coniferous forest floor."