beautyberry

beautyberry
/byooh"tee ber'ee/, n., pl. beautyberries.
any of various shrubs of the genus Callicarpa, of southern North America, as C. americana, having clusters of bluish flowers and purple, berrylike fruit.
[1920-25, Amer.; BEAUTY + BERRY, as trans. of NL Callicarpa]

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