bullberry†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a shrub of the genus Shepherdia, as S. canadensis; also, the edible red berry of this shrub.

Quotations

1918

In summer, when in turn the service berries, choke-cherries, and bull berries ripened, we feasted upon them, and the women dried some for winter use.

1959

In shrubs we have . . . wolf willow, wild rose, bullberry, highbush cranberry. . . .