DCHP-3

pigeonberry†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

one of several berries, especially the fruit of the Cornus canadensis, a dogwood.

Quotations

1822
The surface is bespangled . . . by . . . the crackerberry, bearing a cluster of wholesome red berries, sometimes called pigeon-berries.
1898
Children, too, may have romped and shouted there, and plucked the bright red pigeon berries, which seemed to be larger and richer there than any other place.
1958
. . . the bright red pigeon-berries, and the piles of spruce cones shelled out by the squirrels. . . .
2n.

the shrub these berries grow on.

Quotations

1868
Among the most common plants which overspread the burned ground . . . are . . . the pigeonberry (Cornus canadensis); and the red strawberry.
1952
On the forest floor [in B.C.] are found pigeon-berry (Cornus canadensis).