fishberry

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noun

The poisonous fruit of Anamirta cocculus.

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Meanings

nounfishberry (plural fishberries)

plural fishberries

  1. The poisonous fruit of Anamirta cocculus.

Origin

From fish + berry, from its use in catching fish by stupefying them with the poison of the dried fruit.

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fishberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishberry

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“fishberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fishberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishberry.

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