coffeeberry

coffeeberry
/kaw"fee ber'ee, kof"ee-/, n., pl. coffeeberries.
an evergreen shrub, Rhamnus californica, of the buckthorn family, common in the western U.S., having small, greenish flowers and red fruit that turns black, grown as a bee plant.
[1655-65, Amer.; COFFEE + BERRY]

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