red-berry

• Nom désignant soit un petit arbuste épineux sempervirent de l'ouest des États-Unis et du Mexique, à petites fleurs et baies d'un rouge vif, soit une plante herbacée vivace d'Amérique du Nord à feuilles composées alternes et grappes de petites fleurs blanches, suivies de baies ovales rouge vif et toxiques.

A noun referring to either a small spiny evergreen shrub native to western US and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries, or a North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries.

1. C1formalamerican

   A small spiny evergreen shrub native to western United States and Mexico, characterized by minute flowers and bright red berries.

   Ruscus à feuilles de houx

   • The red-berry shrub thrives in the dry, rocky soils of the western US.
   • Its bright red berries are a distinctive feature of this plant.
   • Hikers often spot the red-berry along trails in Mexico.

2. Perennial herb with poisonous berriesC1formalamerican

   A North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers, followed by bright red oval berries that are poisonous.

   Actée à grappes rouges

   • The red-berry herb produces small white flowers in early summer.
   • Its bright red oval berries are highly toxic if ingested.
   • This plant is often found in woodland areas across North America.

   Synonymessnakeberry