SHEEPBERRY


Meaning of SHEEPBERRY in English

/sheep"ber'ee, -beuh ree/ , n. , pl. sheepberries .

1. a North American shrub or small tree, Viburnum lentago, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of small white flowers and edible, berrylike black drupes.

2. the fruit itself. Also called black haw, nannyberry .

[ 1805-15, Amer.; SHEEP + BERRY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .