beautyberry

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noun

A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries.

OriginEnglish berry ← Middle English berie ← Old English berġe →
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Meanings

nounbeautyberry (plural beautyberries)

plural beautyberries

  1. A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries.
  2. The lustrous purple edible berry produced by this shrub.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-der.?
  2. Proto-Italic*dwenos
  3. Old Latinduenos
  4. Old Latin*duenelos
  5. Latinbellus
  6. Vulgar Latin*bellitātem
  7. Anglo-Normanbiauté
  8. Middle Englishbeaute
  9. Englishbeauty
  10. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  11. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  12. Old Englishberġe
  13. Middle Englishberie
  14. Englishberry
  15. Englishbeautyberry

From beauty + berry.

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Translations

Finnish Helmimarjat
  • Helmimarjatshrub genus
Polish pięknotka, poładnia
  • pięknotkashrub genus
  • poładniashrub genus
Cite this entry
APA

beautyberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beautyberry

MLA

“beautyberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beautyberry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beautyberry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beautyberry.

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