hagberry
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hagberry
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From hag + berry.
According to Some Folklore of Trees, Animals, and River-fishing from the N.E. of Scotland, "The wood of the 'hackberry' or bird-cherry (Prunus padus) is not used as a staff or for any other purpose, as it is looked on as the witch's tree."
noun hagberries
- Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
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Its bittersweet astringent fruit, readily eaten by birds.
Similar: bird cherry, hag, hackberry
Similar: bird cherry
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: bird cherry
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