pigeonberry

noun

1

a

: pokeweed

b

: the berry of the pokeweed

2

: juneberry

3

: a dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

4

: any of several North American buckthorns (as cascara buckthorn or California coffee)

5

: partridgeberry

6

West Indies : golden dewdrop

7

Australia : either of two timber trees (Litsea feruginea and L. dealbata)

8

: bristly sarsaparilla

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