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beautyberry

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder. Old Latin *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Vulgar Latin -tās Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute English beauty Middle English berye English berry English beautyberry From beauty + berry.

  1. derived from beaute English beauty Middle English berye English berry English beautyberry From beauty + berry
  2. derived from *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Vulgar Latin -tās Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor✻
  3. derived from *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder✻
  4. derived from *dewh₂-der✻

Definitions

  1. A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries.

  2. The lustrous purple edible berry produced by this shrub.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA