WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sheep•ber•ry
(shēp′ber′ē, -bə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries.
- Plant Biologya North American shrub or small tree, Viburnum lentago, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of small white flowers and edible, berrylike black drupes.
- Plant Biologythe fruit itself. Also called black haw, nannyberry.
- sheep + berry 1805–15, American.
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