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Vinony

baneberry

noun

  1. any of several perennial herbs of the genus Actaea in the buttercup family, native to northern temperate regions, having terminal clusters of red, white, or blackish berries
  2. the poisonous berry of a plant of this genus
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *banô Proto-West Germanic *banō Old English bana Middle English bane English bane Middle English berye English berry English baneberry From bane + berry.

  1. A flowering plant of the genus Actaea (syn. Cimicifuga).
  2. The poisonous berry of one of these plants.