Definitions for baneberry

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baneberry bane·ber·ry

Spelling: [beyn-ber-ee, -buh-ree]

IPA: /ˈbeɪnˌbɛr i, -bə ri/

Baneberry is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in baneberry (abbeenrry).

Definitions for baneberry

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Actaea, of the buttercup family, having large compound leaves, spikes of small white flowers, and poisonous red or white berries.
2. the berry of such a plant.

Origin of baneberry

First recorded in 1745-55; bane + berry

Examples for baneberry

Even as it was, I felt myself fortunate to have seen the baneberry in one of its few native haunts.

There is baneberry, whose very name sufficiently describes its dangerous nature.